MANAGING ENERGY IN A DATA CENTER

• US 20100161368A1
• Filed: 12/23/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kendzierski, Michael D., Dawson, Christopher J., Hamilton, Rick A. II, Diluoffo, Vincenzo V.
• Application Number:
  US12/342,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20100161368A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An approach that manages energy in a data center is provided. In one embodiment, there is an energy management tool, including an analysis component configured to analyze an operating state of each of a plurality of systems within a data center to determine a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy. The energy management tool further comprises a priority component configured to prioritize a routing of a workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy.

Claims

1. A method for managing energy in a data center comprising:

analyzing an operating state of each of a plurality of systems within a data center to determine a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy; and

prioritizing a routing of a workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy.

2. The method according to claim 1, the analyzing further comprising analyzing the operating state of each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

3. The method according to claim 2, the analyzing further comprising analyzing environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine an energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

4. The method according to claim 3, the prioritizing further comprising prioritizing the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the energy profile comprises data regarding at least one of the following:

temperature, humidity, airflow, future workload requirements, application priorities, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or time of day.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising charging a management fee for the management of energy in the data center.

7. A system for managing energy in a data center comprising:

at least one processing unit;

memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit; and

an energy management tool storable in memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the energy management tool comprising;

an analysis component configured to analyze an operating state of each of a plurality of systems within a data center to determine a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy; and

a priority component configured to prioritize a routing of a workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy.

8. The energy management tool according to claim 7, the analysis component further configured to analyze the operating state of each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

9. The energy management tool according to claim 8, the analysis component further configured to analyze the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine an energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

10. The energy management tool according to claim 9, the priority component further configured to prioritize the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

11. The energy management tool according to claim 9, wherein the energy profile comprises data regarding at least one of the following:

temperature, humidity, airflow, future workload requirements, application priorities, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or time of day.

12. The energy management tool according to claim 7 further comprising a transaction component configured to charge a management fee for the management of energy in the data center.

13. A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions, which when executed, enables a computer system to manage energy in a data center, the computer instructions comprising:

analyzing an operating state of each of a plurality of systems within a data center to determine a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy; and

prioritizing a routing of a workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy.

14. The computer-readable medium according to claim 13 further comprising computer instructions for analyzing the operating state of each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

15. The computer-readable medium according to claim 14 further comprising computer instructions for analyzing environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine an energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

16. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15 further comprising computer instructions for prioritizing the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

17. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the energy profile comprises data regarding at least one of the following:

temperature, humidity, airflow, future workload requirements, application priorities, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or time of day.

18. The computer-readable medium according to claim 13 further comprising computer instructions for charging a management fee for the management of energy in the data center.

19. A method for deploying an energy management tool for use in a computer system that provides energy management in a data center, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure operable to;

analyze an operating state of each of a plurality of systems within a data center to determine a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy; and

prioritize a routing of a workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center that is currently using energy.

20. The method according to claim 19, the computer infrastructure further operable to analyze the operating state of each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

21. The method according to claim 20, the computer infrastructure further operable to analyze environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center to determine an energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

22. The method according to claim 21, the computer infrastructure further operable to prioritize the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the energy profile of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the energy profile comprises data regarding at least one of the following:

temperature, humidity, airflow, future workload requirements, application priorities, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or time of day.

24. The method according to claim 19, the computer infrastructure further operable to charge a management fee for the management of energy in the data center.