55 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Sustainability Report (Cont’d) • IT INFRASTRUCTURE The GIT team significantly impacts ENRA’s overall environmental footprint through the following strategies and ideas to improve energy efficiency, contributing to a strong EESG performance and demonstrating sustainability leadership. This not only benefits the environment, but also translates to cost savings on energy bills, making it a win-win for businesses. I. Energy Efficiency Implement strategies to reduce energy consumption in ENRA’s through server consolidation, virtualisation, and energy-efficient hardware. II. Server Consolidation Consolidate underutilised physical servers into fewer, but more powerful machines. This reduces overall energy draw and simplifies management. III. Virtualisation Utilise virtualisation software to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical server, maximising resource utilisation and minimising energy waste from idle servers. IV. Energy-Efficient Hardware Invest in energy-efficient hardware certified by Programmes like Energy Star. taking into account features like power-saving modes and efficient cooling systems. V. Shift to Cloud Services Migrating email workloads to Microsoft 365 cloud platforms which offer significant energy efficiency benefits as the cloud providers have economies of scale and invest heavily in data center optimisation. VIRTUAL SERVER FAIL-OVER SERVER HARDWARE
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