SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL DATA CENTER AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS
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1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure comprising computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to:
- determine at least one data center condition;
determine or estimate a current energy cost; and
dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on the determined at least one data center condition and the determined or estimated current energy cost.
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Abstract
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to determine at least one data center condition and determine or estimate a current energy cost. Additionally, the method includes dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on the determined at least one data center condition and the determined or estimated current energy cost.
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23 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure comprising computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to:
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determine at least one data center condition; determine or estimate a current energy cost; and dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on the determined at least one data center condition and the determined or estimated current energy cost. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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at least one of; an environmental data monitoring tool configured to perform an environmental analysis of a data center; a workload measurement tool configured to determine a current data center workload; a job schedule monitoring tool configured to determine and track a scheduled data center job; and an energy cost monitoring tool configured to determine or estimate a current energy cost; and
further comprisinga heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control tool configured to dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on information received from the at least one of the environmental data monitoring tool, the workload measurement tool, the job schedule monitoring tool and the energy cost monitoring tool. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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determine at least one data center condition; determine or estimate a current energy cost; and dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on the determined at least one data center condition and the determined or estimated current energy cost to at least one of; proactively pre-cool the data center; and cool the data center during periods of lower energy costs.
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23. A method comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure operable to; determine at least one data center condition; determine or estimate a current energy cost; dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on the determined at least one data center condition and the determined or estimated current energy cost to at least one of; proactively pre-cool the data center; and cool the data center during periods of lower energy costs; and update at least one of the determined at least one data center condition, the determined or estimated current energy cost and the dynamic control of the HVAC system based on at least one of; an expiration of a predetermined time period; a manual direction; and an occurrence of a triggering event.
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