Energy Efficient Scheduling System and Method

• US 20110246987A1
• Filed: 04/01/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Golash, Rahul, Diwakar, Kiran Prakash, Boston, Stephen B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,359,598 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• 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: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An energy efficient scheduling system and method is disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, with a processor, a request for execution of an application. The method also includes receiving, based on the request, a scheduling policy. Additionally, the method includes for each of a plurality of datacenters, determining one or more datacenter attributes associated with each respective datacenter. The method also includes selecting one of the plurality of datacenters to execute the application based, at least in part, on the request, the scheduling policy, and the datacenter attributes and executing the application at the selected datacenter.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, with a processor, a request for execution of an application;

receiving, based on the request, a scheduling policy;

for each of a plurality of datacenters, determining one or more datacenter attributes associated with each respective datacenter;

selecting one of the plurality of datacenters to execute the application based, at least in part, on the request, the scheduling policy, and the datacenter attributes; and

executing the application at the selected datacenter.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a time, based at least in part on the scheduling policy, the request, and the one or more datacenter attributes, to execute the application;

and

wherein executing the application at the selected datacenter comprises executing the application at the selected datacenter at the selected time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise the percentage utilization of servers in the respective datacenter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise a cooling index of the respective datacenter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise an amount of renewable electricity powering the respective datacenter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise climatic information associated with the environment in which the respective datacenter is located.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise an amount of electricity available to be supplied to the respective datacenter at the selected time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the application at the selected datacenter comprises:

installing a virtual machine on a server at the selected datacenter;

executing the application on the virtual machine installed on the server; and

removing the virtual machine from the server at the selected datacenter.

9. A system comprising:

a plurality of datacenters, wherein each of the respective datacenter is associated with one or more datacenter attributes;

a scheduling server operable to;

receive a request for execution of an application;

receive, based on the request, a scheduling policy; and

select one of the plurality of datacenters to execute the application based, at least in part, on the request, the scheduling policy, and the datacenter attributes;

a policy server operable to transmit the scheduling policy to the scheduling server; and

a server located at the selected datacenter, wherein the server is operable to execute the application.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the scheduling server is further operable to select a time, based at least in part on the scheduling policy, the request, and the one or more datacenter attributes, to execute the application;

and

wherein the server is operable to execute the application by executing the application at the selected time.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise the percentage utilization of servers in the respective datacenter.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise a cooling index of the respective datacenter.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise an amount of renewable electricity powering the respective datacenter.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise climatic information associated with the environment in which the respective datacenter is located.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise an amount of electricity available to be supplied to the respective datacenter at the selected time.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the scheduling server is further operable to:

install a virtual machine on the server located at the selected datacenter;

remove the virtual machine from the server; and

wherein the server located at the selected datacenter is operable to execute the application by executing the application on the virtual machine installed on the server.

17. A computer readable non-transitory medium encoded with logic, the logic operable, when executed on a processor to:

receive a request for execution of an application;

receive, based on the request, a scheduling policy;

for each of a plurality of datacenters, determine one or more datacenter attributes associated with each respective datacenter;

select one of the plurality of datacenters to execute the application based, at least in part, on the request, the scheduling policy, and the datacenter attributes; and

execute the application at the selected datacenter.

18. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the logic is further operable to:

select a time, based at least in part on the scheduling policy, the request, and the one or more datacenter attributes, to execute the application; and

execute the application by executing the application at the selected time.

19. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise the percentage utilization of servers in the respective datacenter.

20. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise a cooling index of the respective datacenter.

21. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise an amount of renewable electricity powering the respective datacenter.

22. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise climatic information associated with the environment in which the respective datacenter is located.

23. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 18, wherein the datacenter attributes comprise an amount of electricity available to be supplied to the respective datacenter at the selected time.

24. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the logic is further operable to:

install a virtual machine on the server located at the selected datacenter;

execute the application by executing the application on the virtual machine installed on the server; and

remove the virtual machine from the server.

25. A system comprising:

means for receiving, with a processor, a request for execution of an application;

means for receiving, based on the request, a scheduling policy;

means for determining, for each of a plurality of datacenters, one or more datacenter attributes associated with each respective datacenter, wherein the one or more datacenter attributes comprise;

means for selecting one of the plurality of datacenters to execute the application based, at least in part, on the request, the scheduling policy, and the datacenter attributes; and

means for executing the application at the selected datacenter.