Information processing device and controlling method

• US 9,732,972 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Endo, Hiroshi, Kodama, Hiroyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Application Number:
  US14/476,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20140371924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,076 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/64 using pre-stored data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/76 by means responsive to temperature, e.g. bimetal springs
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/19 characterised by the use of electric means G05D23/1393 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode

Abstract

A processor determines a target value of a temperature of a processing unit included in the information processing system on the basis of the temperature of the processing unit when first power consumption indicates a relatively low power consumption by referring to correlation information that indicates a change in the first power consumption, which is a total sum of second power consumption of the processing unit and third power consumption of an air-conditioning machine included in the information processing system, with respect to a change in the temperature of the processing unit. Then, the processor outputs a control signal for controlling the air-conditioning machine on the basis of the target value.

Claims

1. A controlling method, comprising:

determining a target value of a temperature of a processing unit included in an information processing system when first power consumption, which is a total sum of second power consumption of the processing unit and third power consumption of an air-conditioning machine included in the information processing system, indicates a relatively low power consumption by using correlation information corresponding to at least one of a measured temperature and a measured load among a plurality of pieces of correlation information corresponding to a plurality of ranges of at least one of a temperature outside the information processing system and a load of the processing unit, each of the plurality of pieces of correlation information indicating a change in the first power consumption with respect to a change in the temperature of the processing unit; and

controlling the air-conditioning machine on the basis of the target value.

2. The information processing device, comprising

a memory configured to store a plurality of pieces of correlation information corresponding to a plurality of ranges of at least one of a temperature outside an information processing system and a load of a processing unit included in the information processing system, each of the plurality of pieces of correlation information indicating a change in first power consumption, which is a total sum of second power consumption of the processing unit and third power consumption of an air-conditioning machine included in the information processing system, with respect to a change in a temperature of the processing unit;

and

a processor configured to determine a target value of the temperature of the processing unit based on the temperature of the processing unit when the first power consumption indicates a relatively low power consumption by using correlation information corresponding to at least one of a measured temperature and a measured load among the plurality of pieces of correlation information stored in the memory, and to output a control signal for controlling the air-conditioning machine based on the target value.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor determines the correlation information by using a measured value of the first power consumption and a measured value of the temperature of the processing unit, and stores the determined correlation information in the memory.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor determines the temperature of the processing unit with which the first power consumption is reduced, as the target value, and outputs the control signal for controlling the air-conditioning machine to make the temperature of the processing unit closer to the target value.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor outputs the control signal for controlling the number of revolutions of a fan included in the air-conditioning machine.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein

the memory further stores position information that indicates a relationship between each position of a plurality of processing units including the processing unit and each position of a plurality of fans included in the air-conditioning machine, and

the processor outputs the control signal for controlling the number of revolutions of a fan present at a position which corresponds to a position of the processing unit included in the correlation information, on the basis of the position information.

7. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the second power consumption includes a total sum of power consumptions of a plurality of processing units including the processing unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

determining a target value of a temperature of a processing unit included in an information processing system when first power consumption, which is a total sum of second power consumption of the processing unit and third power consumption of an air-conditioning machine included in the information processing system, indicates a relatively low power consumption by using correlation information corresponding to at least one of a measured temperature and a measured load among a plurality of pieces of correlation information corresponding to a plurality of ranges of at least one of a temperature outside the information processing system and a load of the processing unit, each of the plurality of pieces of correlation information indicating a change in the first power consumption with respect to a change in the temperature of the processing unit; and

outputting a control signal for controlling the air-conditioning machine on the basis of the target value.