Infrastructure resource management system

• US 10,419,320 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: James, Sean Michael, Gauthier, David Thomas, Peterson, Eric Clarence, Joppa, Lucas Neal, Chandra, Ranveer, Bennett, Teddy L., Rawlings, Todd R., Janous, Brian A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnes-Bullock, Crystal J
• Application Number:
  US15/199,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20180006966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 11/01 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them

Abstract

Various methods and systems for implementing resource management for an infrastructure are provided. Resource management includes datacenter byproduct management interfaces, datacenter power management, datacenter operations optimization and infrastructure resource management. Resource management facilitates using and distributing physical resources, including incidental physical resources that are generated during operation of an infrastructure, based on a minimum threshold reserve of the physical resource associated with the operating the infrastructure. Resource management can include controlling an amount of the physical resource that is generated and an amount the physical resource that is reserved. The minimum threshold reserve in combination with the control over generating and reserving the physical resource help identify an allocable amount of the physical resource. Physical resources of an infrastructure are quantified to support resource management. Quantifying physical resources is associated with devices of the infrastructure and requests for physical resources in the infrastructure to perform different types of operations.

Claims

1. A computing system for supporting infrastructure resource management in a datacenter, the computing system comprising:

a processor and a memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing system to;

receive infrastructure device data for an infrastructure device configured to consume a physical resource of an infrastructure in the datacenter;

generate, based on the received infrastructure device data, an operation instance having a plurality of attributes corresponding to the infrastructure device, the operation instance comprising requested units that indicate an amount of a physical resource needed in anticipation of an infrastructure device operation to be performed by the infrastructure device;

communicate operation instructions to one or more additional infrastructure devices for an amount of units of the physical resource to be generated and an amount of units of the physical resource to be reserved based on the generated operation instance and a threshold reserve of the physical resource to ensure proper operation of the infrastructure;

determine an amount of allocated units of the physical resource to the infrastructure device for the infrastructure device operation based in part on the generated operation instance and an amount of units of the physical resource that is being generated and the amount of units of the physical resource that is reserved by the one or more additional infrastructure devices; and

communicate operation instructions to the infrastructure device to begin the infrastructure device operation, thereby consuming the amount of allocated units of the physical resource with the infrastructure device.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the memory contains additional instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing system to automatically update an amount of allocable units of the physical resource based on the amount of units of the physical resource that is being generated and an amount of units of the physical resource that is reserved.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the physical resource is generated based on the one or more additional infrastructure devices producing the physical resource or the one or more additional infrastructure devices throttling usage of the physical resource such that an unused portion of the physical resource is made available for consumption via the datacenter.

4. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the memory contains additional instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing system to generate, based on the infrastructure device data, a device instance having a plurality of attributes associated with the infrastructure device, the device instance comprising a generation capacity of units of a physical resource and reserve units of the physical resource, wherein the device instance is a computed representation of the infrastructure device in relation to the physical resource and a reserve of the physical resource, and wherein the device instance supports determining allocable units of the physical resource.

5. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the memory contains additional instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing system to:

receive the infrastructure device data that is used in determining the amount of the requested units needed for the anticipated infrastructure device operation;

transmit data representing the amount of allocated units for the infrastructure device operation; and

initiate processing of the amount of allocated units for the performing the infrastructure device operation.

6. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the infrastructure device is an electrical appliance that is associated with the infrastructure operating as a building facility, and wherein the one or more additional infrastructures device are computing devices within the building;

or wherein the infrastructure device is an electrical grid device that is associated with the infrastructure operating based on an electric grid, a grid connector, or a datacenter, and wherein the one or more additional infrastructure devices are power devices in the datacenter.

7. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the memory contains additional instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing system to:

receive a request having requested units for compute resources from an external consumer;

transmit, from the infrastructure, an amount of allocated units of compute resources based on an amount of units of the one or more physical resources that are being generated and an amount of units of the one or more physical resources that are reserved in response to the received request; and

execute a compute workload in the infrastructure to utilize the amount of allocated units of compute resources.

8. A computer-implemented method for infrastructure resource management in a datacenter, the method comprising:

receiving infrastructure device data from an infrastructure device configured to consume a physical resource in the datacenter;

generating, based on the infrastructure device data, an operation instance having a plurality of attributes corresponding to the infrastructure device, the operation instance comprising requested units that indicate an amount of a physical resource needed in anticipation of an infrastructure device operation to be performed by the infrastructure device;

communicating operation instructions to one or more additional infrastructure devices an amount of units of the physical resource to be generated and an amount of units of the physical resource to be reserved, based on the generated operation instance and a threshold reserve of the physical resource associated with operating the one or more additional infrastructure devices in the datacenter;

determine an amount of allocated units of the physical resources to the infrastructure device based in part on the generated operation instance and an amount of units of the physical resource that is being generated and the amount of units of the physical resource that is reserved; and

communicating operation instructions to the infrastructure device to begin the infrastructure device operation, thereby consuming the amount of allocated units of the physical resource with the infrastructure device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising automatically updating an amount of allocable units of the physical resource based on the amount of units of the physical resource that is being generated and the amount of units of the physical resource that is reserved in the infrastructure.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the physical resource is generated based on the one or more additional infrastructure devices producing the physical resource.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the physical resource is generated based on the infrastructure device throttling usage of the physical resource such that an unused portion of the physical resource is made available for consumption via the datacenter.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating, based on the infrastructure device data, a device instance having a plurality of attributes corresponding to the infrastructure device, the device instance comprising a generation capacity of units of a physical resource and reserve units of the physical resource.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising communicating a notification to actuate one or more physical devices within the infrastructure to initiate processing the amount of allocated units of the physical resource.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from a remote consumer, a request having requested units for compute resources;

generating an amount of allocated units of compute resources based on an amount of units of the one or more physical resources that are being generated and an amount of units of the one or more physical resources that are reserved;

communicating the amount of units of compute resources to the remote consumer; and

receiving a compute workload to utilize the amount of allocated units of compute resources.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the physical resource is based on an Application Programming Interface that supports a protocol for processing the allocated physical resources based on the infrastructure device in relation to the physical resource and a reserve of the physical resource.

16. A method for infrastructure management in a datacenter, the method comprising:

communicating, from an infrastructure device, infrastructure device data to a computing device that generates operation instances having a plurality of attributes associated with the infrastructure device, the operation instance comprising a number of requested physical resource units that indicate an amount of a physical resource needed in anticipation of an infrastructure device operation by the infrastructure device;

receiving, from the computing device, an amount of allocated units of the requested physical resource for the infrastructure device operation, wherein the amount of allocated units are generated based in part on the operation instance and an amount of units of the physical resource that is being generated and the amount of units of the physical resource that is reserved to ensure proper operation of the datacenter;

communicating a notification to actuate one or more physical devices within an operating infrastructure of the datacenter that is the operating environment of the infrastructure device, to initiate operation processes for the processing the amount of allocated units of the physical resource and

consuming, at the infrastructure device, the amount of allocated units of the physical resource for performing the infrastructure device operation, wherein the physical resource is selected from one of power, water, carbon dioxide, or heat.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the request is generated based on infrastructure device data of the infrastructure device that is associated with the physical resource.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the operating infrastructure is selected from one of a power grid, a co-located agricultural facility, a manufacturing facility, a building, or another datacenter.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising communicating operation instructions to one or more additional infrastructure devices an amount of units of the physical resource to be generated and an amount of units of the physical resource to be reserved, based on the operation instance and a threshold reserve of the physical resource associated with operating the one or more additional infrastructure devices.