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Methods and systems for managing facility power and cooling

  • US 7,881,910 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2006
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing power and cooling capacity of a data center, the method comprising:

  • using a processor, receiving data center parameters;

    determining an equipment layout in the data center, the equipment layout identifying a location of each of a plurality of devices in the data center;

    based on the location, determining available power and available cooling in the data center for each of the plurality of devices;

    comparing the available power and available cooling with power requirements and cooling requirements of each of the plurality of devices to obtain a cooling comparison result and a power comparison result for each of the plurality of devices; and

    determining at least one of stranded cooling capacity and stranded power capacity in the data center.

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