May 19-20 l Washington, DC l Omni Shoreham

4 steps to become green

Patrick Pulvermueller

Managing Director, Host Europe

Parallels Summit 20082

• 10 years of experience in the hosting industry, private equity funded

• Two major markets: Germany and UK • Second largest web hosting company in the UK• Third largest web hosting company in Germany

• Host Europe Germany• More than 7,000 high ARPU servers under management• More than 19,000 virtual machines (>85% based on Parallels

Virtuozzo Containers) • Responsible for the group wide “green initiative”

Host Europe in figures

Parallels Summit 20083

• Active participation in work-groups and consortiums• Active membership in the Green Grid and Climatesavers• Work group efficient data center from eco in Germany

• Use an energy efficient data center• Efficient is a PUE below 1.6 (less than 1.4 is possible!)

• Use energy efficient servers• Look for low voltage, multi-core CPUs• Watch the power supply!

• Become a virtualization addict• Use container technology whenever possible, best efficiency

footprint

• Buy carbon neutral electricity

Host Europe’s green initiative