Virtual Machine Migration According To Environmental Data
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1. ) A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a controller, temperature data for servers in a data center; and
migrating, by the controller, a virtual machine from a first server to a second server to reduce a temperature at the first server.
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to virtual machine migration according to environmental data in a data center. One embodiment is a method that analyzes environmental data for a data center having plural servers and migrates virtual machines among the servers to increase cooling efficiency in the data center.
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20 Claims
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1. ) A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a controller, temperature data for servers in a data center; and migrating, by the controller, a virtual machine from a first server to a second server to reduce a temperature at the first server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. ) A tangible computer readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, comprising:
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analyzing environmental data for a data center having plural servers; and migrating virtual machines among the servers to increase cooling efficiency in the data center. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. ) A datacenter, comprising:
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plural servers that execute virtual machines; plural sensors that sense environmental data in the data center; and a resource manager that receives the environmental data and migrates the virtual machines among the servers to increase cooling efficiency in the data center. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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