POWER SUPPLY AND DATA CENTER CONTROL

• US 20100211810A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Zacho, Carl Edvard Martin
• Granted Patent: US 9,778,718 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/324
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5019 Workload prediction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5088 involving task migration
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Systems and methods for data center power supply control are provided that identify a parameter of at least one of a plurality of servers that form at least part of a data center that includes an uninterruptable power supply. An estimated parameter of a virtual server can be identified, and one of the plurality of servers can be selected based at least in part on the parameter and the estimated parameter. The virtual server can be provided to the selected server, and the power provided to at least one of the plurality of servers can be reduced, shut down, or otherwise adjusted.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of data center power supply control, comprising:

identifying a parameter of at least one of a plurality of servers that form at least part of a data center;

identifying an estimated parameter of a virtual server;

determining estimated power distribution from an uninterruptable power supply to the plurality of servers;

selecting one of the plurality of servers based at least in part on the parameter, the estimated parameter, and the estimated power distribution;

providing the virtual server to the selected server; and

adjusting the uninterruptable power supply to adjust power provided to at least one of the plurality of servers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the uninterruptable power supply comprises:

increasing power provided to the selected server; and

decreasing power provided to at least one of the plurality of servers that is a different server than the selected server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the uninterruptable power supply comprises:

shutting down a portion of the uninterruptable power supply that provides power to at least one of the plurality of servers that is a different server than the selected server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein shutting down the portion of the uninterruptable power supply comprises:

shutting down at least one of a power distribution unit and a branch circuit of the uninterruptable power supply.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data center includes a cooling unit, comprising:

providing an application to the virtual server;

adjusting a parameter of the cooling unit to adjust a temperature of the selected server.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising:

shutting down a portion of the cooling unit associated with at least one of the plurality of servers that is a different server than the selected server.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

generating a request for an amount of power based in part on the estimated parameter of the virtual server;

providing an application to the virtual server; and

providing the requested amount of power to the selected server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the parameter and the estimated parameter include a simulated parameter;

further comprising;

selecting the one of the plurality of servers based at least in part on the simulated parameter.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining an estimated life of at least one data center component based on at least one of the parameter, the estimated parameter, and the estimated power distribution; and

generating a data center maintenance schedule based on the estimated life.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the parameter further comprises:

determining an estimated future power requirement of at least one of the plurality of servers for a period of time that is at least one of;

less than one second, between one and ten seconds, and greater than 10 seconds.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising:

reactivating, responsive to the estimated future power requirement, at least a portion of the uninterruptable power supply from a shut down mode.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the virtual server to the selected server includes relocating the virtual server from a first server of the plurality of servers to the selected server.

13. A data center power supply control system, comprising:

a data center including a plurality of servers;

a data center controller configured to identify a parameter of at least one of the plurality of servers and configured to identify an estimated parameter of a virtual server;

the data center controller configured to estimate power distribution from an uninterruptable power supply to the plurality of servers and the virtual server;

the data center controller configured to add the virtual server to a first server of one of the plurality of servers based at least in part on the parameter, the estimated parameter, and the estimated power distribution;

the data center controller configured to adjust an amount of power provided from the uninterruptable power supply to the plurality of servers.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the data center controller is configured to reversibly shut down a portion of the uninterruptable power supply that distributes power to at least one of the plurality of servers.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the portion of the uninterruptable power supply includes at least one of a power distribution unit and a branch circuit.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein:

the estimated parameter of the virtual server includes an estimated amount of power to execute an application at the virtual server;

wherein

the data center controller is configured to provide the application to the virtual server; and

wherein

the uninterruptable power supply is configured to provide the estimated amount of power to the first server.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein, during operation, the uninterruptable power supply increases power provided to the first server and decreases power provided to a second server of the plurality of servers.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the data center controller being configured to add the virtual server to the first server includes the data center controller being further configured to relocate the virtual server from the second server to the first server.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the data center includes a cooling unit, and wherein the data center controller is configured to shut down a portion of the cooling associated with the second server.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the data center includes a cooling unit, and wherein the data center controller is configured to adjust a parameter of the cooling unit to adjust a temperature of at least one of the plurality of servers.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the data center includes a cooling unit, and wherein the data center controller is configured to adjust a parameter of the cooling unit to maintain a temperature of at least one of the plurality of servers.

22. The system of claim 13, the data center controller being configured to add the virtual server to the first server includes the data center controller being further configured to relocate the virtual server to the first server from a server of a second data center.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the parameter, the estimated parameter, and the estimated power distribution includes a simulated parameter;

and

wherein the data center controller is configured to add the virtual server to the first server based at least in part on the simulated parameter.

24. The system of claim 13, wherein the data center controller evaluates at least one of the parameter, the estimated parameter, and the estimated power distribution to determine an estimated life of at least one data center component;

and wherein the data center controller provides a data center maintenance schedule based at least in part on the estimated life.

25. The system of claim 13, wherein the parameter includes at least one of a measured parameter of at least one of the plurality of servers and an estimated future parameter of at least one of the plurality of servers.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the estimated future parameter includes an estimated future power requirement of at least one of the plurality of servers for a period of time that is at least one of:

less than one second, between one and ten seconds, and greater than 10 seconds.

27. A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

identify a parameter of at least one of a plurality of servers that form at least part of a data center;

identify an estimated parameter of a virtual server;

determine estimated power distribution from an uninterruptable power supply to the plurality of servers;

select one of the plurality of servers based at least in part on the parameter, the estimated parameter, and the estimated power distribution;

provide the virtual server to the selected server; and

adjust the uninterruptable power supply to adjust power provided to at least one of the plurality of servers.

28. A data center control system, comprising:

a first data center including a first uninterruptable power supply and a second data center including a second uninterruptable power supply, each data center associated with a network, and each data center including a plurality of servers;

a data center controller associated with the network and configured to identify parameters of the first data center and parameters of the second data center;

the data center controller configured to estimate power distribution of the first and second uninterruptable power supplies;

the data center controller configured to identify an estimated parameter for execution of an application on a virtual server;

the data center controller configured to evaluate the parameters of the first and second data centers, the estimated power distribution of the first and second uninterruptable power supplies, and the estimated parameter of the virtual server, and to transfer the virtual server from a server of the first data center to a server of the second data center based at least in part on the evaluation,

wherein a at least portion of the first uninterruptable power supply associated with the first server reversibly shuts down responsive to the transfer of the virtual server.

29. A computer implemented method of data center control, comprising:

identifying server parameters of first data center servers and server parameters of second data center servers;

determining estimated power distribution from an uninterruptable power supply to the first data center servers and to the second data center servers;

identifying an estimated parameter for execution of an application on a virtual server;

transferring the virtual server from a server of the first data center to a server of the second data center based at least in part on an evaluation of the server parameters of the first data center servers, the server parameters of the second data center servers and the estimated parameter; and

reversibly shutting down at least part of an uninterruptable power supply associated with the server of the first data center.