System and method for datacenter power management

• US 8,789,061 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2010
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pavel, Milan, Boston, Stephen B., Patti, Paul, Sanchez, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): DONAGHUE, LARRY D
• Application Number:
  US12/697,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20110191773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,632 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 705/412, 702/61, 718/104, 718/105
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• 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: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

A system and method for datacenter power management is disclosed. In particular embodiments, the method includes receiving, with a processor, a request for execution of an application. The method also includes for each of a plurality of datacenters, determining an amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter. The method also includes, for each of the plurality of datacenters, determining a cost associated with executing the application at the respective datacenter based, at least in part, on the amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter. The method further includes selecting one of the plurality of datacenters to execute the application based, at least in part, on the cost associated with executing the application at the respective datacenter and executing the application at the selected datacenter.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

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

for each of a plurality of datacenters, determining an amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter, wherein each of the plurality of datacenters comprises a plurality of processors, and wherein determining the amount of electricity comprises;

determining an amount of electricity consumed by each of the plurality of processors for a predetermined unit of processing time; and

for each of the plurality of processors at each respective datacenter, determining a number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application;

receiving price data for each of the plurality of datacenters, the price data indicative of a price of electricity at each of a plurality of times of day;

for each of the plurality of datacenters, determining a cost associated with executing the application at the respective datacenter for each of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on;

the amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter; and

the price data; and

scheduling the application for execution on one of the plurality of datacenters at one of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on the cost associated with executing the application at each of the respective datacenters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the application further comprises executing the application at the scheduled one of the plurality of times of day.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for execution of the application further comprises data to be processed during execution of the application, and wherein the number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application are determined based on the data to be processed during execution of the application.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a size of the data to be processed, and wherein the number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application are further determined based on the size of the data to be processed.

5. A system comprising:

a scheduling server operable to;

receive the request to execute the application;

for each of a plurality of datacenters, determine an amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter, wherein each of the plurality of datacenters comprises a plurality of processors, and wherein determining the amount of electricity comprises;

determining an amount of electricity consumed by each of the plurality of processors for a predetermined unit of processing time; and

for each of the plurality of processors at each respective datacenter, determining a number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application;

receive price data for each of the plurality of datacenters, the price data indicative of a price of electricity at each of a plurality of times of day;

for each of the plurality of datacenters, determine a cost associated with executing the application at the respective datacenter for each of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on;

the amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter; and

the price data; and

schedule the application for execution on one of the plurality of datacenters at one of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on the cost associated with executing the application at each of the respective datacenters.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the selected one of the plurality of datacenters is further operable to execute the application at the scheduled one of the plurality of times of day.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the request for execution of the application further comprises data to be processed during execution of the application, and wherein the number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application are determined based on the data to be processed during execution of the application.

8. The system of claim 7, the scheduling server further operable to:

determine a size of the data to be processed, and wherein the number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application are further determined based on the size of the data to be processed.

9. A tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising logic, the logic operable, when executed on a process to:

receive a request for execution of an application;

for each of a plurality of datacenters, determine an amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter, wherein each of the plurality of datacenters comprises a plurality of processors, and wherein determining the amount of electricity comprises;

determining an amount of electricity consumed by each of the plurality of processors for a predetermined unit of processing time; and

for each of the plurality of processors at each respective datacenter, determining a number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application;

receive price data for each of the plurality of datacenters, the price data indivative of a price electricity at each of a plurality of times of day;

for each of the plurality of datacenters, determine a cost associated with executing the application at the respective datacenter for each of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on;

the amount of electricity required to execute the application at the respective datacenter; and

the price data; and

schedule the application for execution on one of the plurality of datacenters at one of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on the cost associated with executing the application at each of the respective datacenters.

10. The tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the logic is operable to execute the application by executing the application at the selected one of the plurality of times of day.

11. The tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the request for execution of the application further comprises data to be processed during execution of the application, and wherein the number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application are determined based on the data to be processed during execution of the application.

12. The tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 11, the logic further operable to:

determine a size of the data to be processed, and wherein the number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application are further determined based on the size of the data to be processed.

13. A system comprising:

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

means for determining, for each of a plurality of datacenters, an amount of electricity required to execute the application, wherein each of the plurality of datacenters comprises a plurality of processors, and wherein determining the amount of electricity comprises;

determining an amount of electricity consumed by each of the plurality of processors for a predetermined unit of processing time; and

for each of the plurality of processors at each respective datacenter, determining a number of predetermined units of processing time required to execute the application;

means for receiving price data for each of the plurality of datacenters, the price data indicative of a price of electricity at each of a plurality of times of day;

means for determining, for each of the plurality of datacenters, a cost associated with executing the application at each respective datacenter for each of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on;

the amount of electricity required to execute the application at each respective datacenter; and

the price data; and

means for scheduling the application for execution on one of the plurality of datacenters at one of the plurality of times of day based, at least in part, on the cost associated with executing the application at each of the respective datacenters.