Server consolidation in consideration of electric power consumption
First Claim
1. A method of consolidating an existing arrangement of servers into a consolidated arrangement of servers, taking into account electric power consumption of the servers, the method comprising:
- running an autodiscovery tool on the existing arrangement which discovers the servers of the existing arrangement and obtains optimization-relevant data about the discovered servers, including their electric power consumption, determining by means of a computer system the consolidated arrangement of servers by optimizing the existing arrangement of servers according to the one or more optimization criteria, taking into account the electric power consumption of the servers.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of consolidating an existing arrangement of servers into a consolidated arrangement of servers, taking into account electric power consumption of the servers. An autodiscovery tool is run on the existing arrangement which discovers optimization-relevant data about the existing arrangement and obtains optimization-relevant data about the discovered servers, including their electric power consumption. A consolidated arrangement of servers is determined by means of a computer system by optimizing the existing arrangement of servers according to the one or more optimization criteria, taking into account the electric power consumption of the servers.
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1. A method of consolidating an existing arrangement of servers into a consolidated arrangement of servers, taking into account electric power consumption of the servers, the method comprising:
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running an autodiscovery tool on the existing arrangement which discovers the servers of the existing arrangement and obtains optimization-relevant data about the discovered servers, including their electric power consumption, determining by means of a computer system the consolidated arrangement of servers by optimizing the existing arrangement of servers according to the one or more optimization criteria, taking into account the electric power consumption of the servers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of consolidating an existing arrangement of servers into a consolidated arrangement of servers, taking into account electric power consumption of the servers, measured by a sensor within the servers, the method comprising:
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running an autodiscovery tool on the existing arrangement which discovers the servers of the existing arrangement and obtains optimization-relevant data about the discovered servers, including their measured electric power consumption, determining by means of a computer system the consolidated arrangement of servers by optimizing the existing arrangement of servers according to the one or more optimization criteria, taking into account the measured electric power consumption of the servers.
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19. A computer system for consolidating an existing arrangement of servers into a consolidated arrangement of servers, taking into account electric power consumption of the servers, the computer system being programmed to:
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run an autodiscovery tool on the existing arrangement which discovers the servers of the existing arrangement and obtains optimization-relevant data about the discovered servers, including their electric power consumption, determine the consolidated arrangement of servers by optimizing the existing arrangement of servers according to the one or more optimization criteria, taking into account the electric power consumption of the servers.
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