Workload routing for managing energy in a data center

• US 9,361,161 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dawson, Christopher J., Diluoffo, Vincenzo V., Hamilton, Rick A. II, Kendzierski, Michael D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rahman, Fahmida
• Application Number:
  US14/299,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4893 taking 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: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5083 Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system
• 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

Approaches that manage energy in a data center are provided. In one embodiment, there is an energy management tool, including an analysis component configured to determine a current energy profile of each of a plurality of systems within the data center, the current energy profile comprising an overall rating expressed as an integer value, the overall rating calculated based on a current workload usage and environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems; and a priority component configured to prioritize a routing of a workload to a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center having the least amount of energy present based on a comparison of the overall ratings for each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

Claims

1. A method for managing energy in a data center comprising:

determining, via at least one computing device, a current energy profile of each of a plurality of systems within the data center, the current energy profile comprising an overall rating expressed as an integer value on a relative scale, the overall rating calculated based on a current workload usage, a time of day, and environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems; and

prioritizing, via the at least one computing device, a routing of a workload to a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center having the least amount of energy present based on a comparison of the overall ratings, on the relative scale, for each of the plurality of systems within the data center;

wherein the prioritizing the routing comprises routing the workload to an intermediate system that is within the set of systems within the data center.

2. The method according to claim 1, the determining comprising determining a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

3. The method according to claim 2, the determining further comprising analyzing, via the at least one computing device, the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

4. The method according to claim 3, the prioritizing further comprising prioritizing, via the at least one computing device, the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center comprises at least one of the following:

future workload requirements, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or the time of day.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising charging, via the at least one computing device, a management fee for management of energy in the data center.

7. A computer system for managing energy in a data center comprising:

at least one processing unit;

memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit; and

an energy management tool storable in the memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the energy management tool comprising;

an analysis component configured to determine a current energy profile of each of a plurality of systems within the data center, the current energy profile comprising an overall rating expressed as an integer value on a relative scale, the overall rating calculated based on a current workload usage, a time of day, and environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems; and

a priority component configured to prioritize a routing of a workload to a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center having the least amount of energy present based on a comparison of the overall ratings, on the relative scale, for each of the plurality of systems within the data center;

the priority component further configured to route the workload to an intermediate system that is within the set of systems within the data center.

8. The energy management tool according to claim 7, the analysis component configured to determine a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

9. The energy management tool according to claim 8, the analysis component further configured to analyze the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

10. The energy management tool according to claim 9, the priority component further configured to prioritize the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

11. The energy management tool according to claim 9, wherein the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center comprises at least one of the following:

future workload requirements, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or the time of day.

12. The energy management tool according to claim 7 further comprising a transaction component configured to charge a management fee for management of energy in the data center.

13. A computer-readable hardware storage device storing computer instructions, which when executed, enables a computer system to manage energy in a data center, the computer instructions comprising:

instructions for determining a current energy profile of each of a plurality of systems within the data center, the current energy profile comprising an overall rating expressed as an integer value on a relative scale, the overall rating calculated based on a current workload usage, a time of day, and environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems;

instructions for prioritizing a routing of a workload to a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center having the least amount of energy present based on a comparison of the overall ratings, on the relative scale, for each of the plurality of systems within the data center; and

instructions for routing, based on the prioritization, the workload to an intermediate system that is within the set of systems within the data center;

wherein the computer readable hardware storage device is not a signal.

14. The computer-readable hardware storage device according to claim 13, the computer instructions for determining further comprising instructions for determining a current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

15. The computer-readable hardware storage device according to claim 14, the computer instructions for determining further comprising instructions for analyzing the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

16. The computer-readable hardware storage device according to claim 15, the computer instructions for prioritizing further comprising instructions for prioritizing the routing of the workload to the set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center based on the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center and the environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

17. The computer-readable hardware storage device according to claim 15, wherein the current workload usage of each of the plurality of systems within the data center comprises at least one of the following:

future workload requirements, location of each of the plurality of systems within the data center, or the time of day.

18. The computer-readable hardware storage device according to claim 13 further comprising computer instructions for charging a management fee for management of energy in the data center.