Data center management systems and methods

• US 7,805,473 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2005
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Ward, Keith S.
• Primary Examiner(s): RUDY, ANDREW J
• Application Number:
  US11/088,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20060218510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,015 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/899, 707/999.01, 707/999.107, 715/848, 715/849, 715/852, 715/854
• US Class Current: 707/899
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for managing data centers. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed which comprises receiving, at an interface for a data center management system, a grid location input for a first asset, the grid location input having a grid location value corresponding to a grid location in a data center managed by the data center management system. A first vertical position input for the first asset is also received at the interface, the first vertical position input having a first vertical position value indicating a vertical position. The method further comprises mapping the first asset to the grid location value and mapping the first asset to the first vertical position value.

Claims

1. A data center management system comprising:

a processor;

logic executable by the processor to provide a user interface to receive a grid location input for an asset associated with a project, the grid location input having a grid location value corresponding to a grid location at which the asset is located in a data center managed by the data center management system, the user interface further to receive a vertical position input for the asset, the vertical position input having a vertical position value indicating a vertical position at which the asset is located in the data center, wherein the asset is one of a plurality of assets associated with the project;

logic executable by the processor to map the first asset to the grid location value and to map the first asset to the first vertical position value;

logic executable by the processor to calculate a usage value indicating a proportion of the data center used by the project; and

logic executable by the processor to display, in the user interface, a utilization report comprising the usage value.

2. The data center management system of claim 1, further comprising a data store to store the mappings.

3. The data center management system of claim 2, wherein the data store further includes asset information for assets in the data center.

4. The data center management system of claim 2, wherein the data store further includes layout information for the data center.

5. The data center management system of claim 2, wherein the data store further includes an asset library having a plurality of asset types, each asset type including one or more asset type attributes.