DATA CENTER AND DATA CENTER DESIGN

• US 20100111105A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Einhom, Steve, Hamilton, Ken, Warren, James
• Application Number:
  US12/261,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20100111105A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/469
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/008 Reliability or availability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a data center comprising: a plurality of data center sections, each section having a different predefined level of reliability; and a plurality of sets of applications, each set of applications being populated on one of the plurality of data center sections.

Claims

1. A data center comprising:

a plurality of data center sections, each section having a different predefined level of reliability; and

a plurality of sets of applications, each set of applications being populated on one of the plurality of data center sections.

2. A data center according to claim 1, wherein each set of applications has a determined priority, and further wherein each set of applications is populated on a data section having a level of reliability corresponding to the determined level priority.

3. A data center according to claim 2, wherein the priority level of each set of applications is determined based on a determined business impact and urgency.

4. A data center according to claim 1, wherein the capacity of each of the plurality of data center sections is based on the performance requirements of the applications to be populated therein.

5. A data center according to claim 4, wherein the number of data center sections is determined in part based on determined priority of each set of applications and in part on a financial analysis.

6. The data center of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sets of applications further include applications planned to be populated on one of the plurality of data center sections.

7. The data center of claim 1, wherein each data center section is one of either an independent physical data center or a section of a data center within a single physical data center.

8. The data center of claim 7, wherein each data center section is network interconnected.

9. The data center of claim 1, wherein each data center section further comprises power and cooling equipment suitable for providing the level of reliability and redundancy required by each data center section.

10. The data center of claim 9, wherein each data center section is a section within a single physical data center, each section sharing common infrastructure elements on the same physical data center.

11. A method of designing a data center comprising:

obtaining details of a set of applications to be populated in the data center;

determining a priority characteristic for each application; and

determining, based on the obtained priority characteristics, a plurality of data center sections on which the applications are to be populated, each data center section having a different predefined level of reliability associated with the determined priority characteristic for each application.

12. A method according to claim 11, further comprising populating at least some of the plurality of applications on a data center section having a level of reliability corresponding to the determined level of priority of each application.

13. A method according to claim 11, further comprising determining the priority level of each set of applications based on a determined business impact and urgency of each application.

14. A method according to claim 11, wherein the capacity of each of the plurality of data center sections is based on the performance requirements of the applications to be populated therein.

15. A method according to claim 11, further comprising determining the number of data center sections based in part on the determined priority of each set of applications and in part on a financial analysis.

16. A method according to claim 11, further comprising refining the capacity of each of the plurality of data center sections based on a financial analysis.

17. A method according to claim 11, further comprising performing the method steps iteratively to substantially optimize the data center design.

18. A data center comprising:

a plurality of data center sections, each section having a different predefined level of reliability;

a plurality of sets of applications, each set of applications being populated on one of the plurality of data center sections; and

wherein each set of applications has a determined priority, and further wherein each set of applications is populated on a data section having a level of reliability corresponding to the determined level priority.