CAPPING DATA CENTER POWER CONSUMPTION

• US 20120226922A1
• Filed: 03/04/2011
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• 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: Wang, Zhikui, Bash, Cullen E., Patel, Chandrakant, Tolia, Niraj
• Application Number:
  US13/040,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20120226922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode

Abstract

Example systems, methods and articles of manufacture to cap data center power consumption are disclosed. A disclosed example system includes a group power capper to allocate a fraction of power for a data center to a portion of the data center, a domain power capper to allocate hosted applications to a server of the portion of the data center to comply with the allocated portion of the power, and a local power capper to control a first state of the server and a second state of a cooling actuator associated with the portion of the data center to comply with the allocated portion of the power.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a group power capper to allocate a fraction of power for a data center to a portion of the data center;

a domain power capper to allocate hosted applications to a server of the portion of the data center to comply with the allocated portion of the power; and

a local power capper to control a first state of the server and a second state of a cooling actuator associated with the portion of the data center to comply with the allocated portion of the power.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the local power capper comprises:

a power consumption estimator to estimate a server power consumption and an associated cooling power consumption; and

a state selector to select the second state of the cooling actuator based on the estimated power consumptions and the allocated portion of the power.

3. The system as defined in claim 2, wherein the power consumption estimator implements at least one of a server power model or a server thermal model.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the local power capper comprises:

a power consumption measurer to measure a server power consumption and a cooling power consumption; and

a state selector to select the second state of the cooling actuator based on the measured power consumptions and the allocated portion of the power.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the group power capper comprises:

a power consumption estimator to estimate a server power consumption and an associated cooling power consumption for the portion of the data center; and

a power allocator to allocate the fraction of the power based on the estimated server and cooling power consumptions.

6. A method comprising:

configuring a state of a server to comply with a received allocated portion of a data center power consumption; and

configuring a state of a cooling actuator associated with the server to comply with the received allocated portion of the data center power consumption.

7. The method as defined in 6, further comprising:

estimating a power consumption of the server and the cooling actuator;

selecting the state of the server based on the estimated power consumption of the server; and

selecting the state of the cooling actuator based on the estimated power consumption of the server.

8. The method as defined in 7, wherein estimating the power consumption of the server comprises implementing a server power model.

9. The method as defined in 7, wherein estimating the power consumption of the cooling actuator comprises implementing a server thermal model.

10. The method as defined in 6, further comprising:

measuring a power consumption of the server and the cooling actuator;

selecting the state of the server based on the measured power consumption of the server; and

selecting the state of the cooling actuator based on the measured power consumption of the server.

11. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

configure a state of a server to comply with a received allocated portion of a data center power consumption; and

configure a state of a cooling actuator associated with the server to comply with the received allocated portion of the data center power consumption.

12. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 11, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to:

estimate a power consumption of the server and the cooling actuator;

select the state of the server based on the estimated power consumption of the server; and

select the state of the cooling actuator based on the estimated power consumption of the server.

13. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 11, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to estimate the power consumption of the server by at least implementing a server power model.

14. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 11, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to estimate the power consumption of the cooling actuator by at least implementing a server thermal model.

15. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 11, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to:

measure a power consumption of the server and the cooling actuator;

select the state of the server based on the measured power consumption of the server; and

select the state of the cooling actuator based on the measured power consumption of the server.