Equipment rack load modulation system and method
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1. An equipment rack load modulation method comprising:
- determining an equipment rack aggregate thermal and power budget;
allocating said aggregate thermal and power budget based upon rack equipment loaded in said equipment rack; and
operating said rack equipment in accordance with said allocation of said aggregate thermal and power budget.
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An equipment rack load modulation system and method are presented. An equipment rack aggregate thermal and power budget is determined. The aggregate thermal and power budget is allocated based upon rack equipment loaded in an equipment rack. The rack equipment is then operated in accordance with the allocation of the aggregate thermal and power budget.
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1. An equipment rack load modulation method comprising:
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determining an equipment rack aggregate thermal and power budget;
allocating said aggregate thermal and power budget based upon rack equipment loaded in said equipment rack; and
operating said rack equipment in accordance with said allocation of said aggregate thermal and power budget. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-useable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to implement thermal and power budget allocation instructions, comprising:
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a thermal and power budget estimating module for estimating a thermal and power budget for an equipment rack;
a thermal and power budget allotment module for allotting said thermal and power budget to rack equipment in said equipment rack; and
a control module for generating rack equipment control commands for controlling said rack equipment in accordance with said thermal and power budget allotment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An equipment rack load modulation system comprising:
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rack equipment for processing data;
a loading budget implementation component for modulating said rack equipment operation based upon loading of an equipment rack; and
a communications bus for communicatively coupling said rack equipment and said budget allocation component, wherein said communications bus communicates data between said thermal and power budget allocation component and said rack equipment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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