DATA CENTER OPERATION OPTIMIZATION

• US 20090113323A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sosebee, Michael E., Karlsson, Borje F.F., Zhao, Feng, Liu, Jie
• Application Number:
  US11/932,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20090113323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1498 Resource management, Optimisation arrangements, e.g. configuration, identification, tracking, physical location thermal management H05K7/20836
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20836 Thermal management, e.g. server temperature control

Abstract

Data center data associated with multiple systems and/or sources is integrated into a single system to aid efficient operation of a data center. Acquired raw data can be housed in a database, analyzed, and optimized. A user interface can render raw and/or generated data in intuitive manners (e.g., spatially, temporally . . . ) to facilitate interaction with a data center and/or components thereof. In particular, the interface can be employed to monitor and control operations as well as facilitate deployment and capacity planning, among other things.

Claims

1. A data center system, comprising:

one or more data interface components that interact with different types of data center data afforded by multiple systems and/or sources; and

a user interface component that renders the data in intuitive ways to facilitate operation of a data center.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a staging database that houses the data for acquisition by the user interface component.

3. The system of claim 2, the data is timestamped to facilitate synchronization in time intervals.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising an analysis component that analyzes the data and inserts new data into the database as function thereof.

5. The system of claim 2, further comprising an optimization component that organizes the data to optimize retrieval time.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising a monitor component to enable substantially real-time monitoring of the data.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising a control component to enable control of the multiple systems and/or sources.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising a component that facilitates data center capacity planning.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a deployment component to assist deployment of data center equipment.

10. The system of claim 1, the multiple systems and/or sources include two or more of a cooling system, power system, heat distribution system, workload system, and data center layout data.

11. The system of claim 1, the user interface component includes a component that enables zooming in and out to facilitate observation and/or interaction with data at various levels of granularity.

12. The system of claim 1, the user interface generates a virtual data center that facilitates interaction with the data center.

13. A data center interaction method, comprising:

acquiring data from multiple sources providing dense sensing across a data center; and

rendering the data spatially in substantially real-time.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising rendering data at increasing levels of granularity in response to a request.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising rendering more granular data upon rollover or hovering.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify operation of a system; and

transmitting the request to the system to the system to effect a change.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a request for raw data; and

rendering the data in plot view, a grid view and/or a rack cross section view.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising notifying an individual upon satisfaction of one or more preset conditions.

19. The method of claim 13, acquiring data center floor plan, rack layout, cooling, power, heat distribution, and equipment activity data.

20. A data center system, comprising:

means for interacting with data center data from multiple distinct sources; and

means for presenting the data spatially in substantially real-time to facilitate at least one of monitoring operations, controlling operations, deployment, and capacity planning.