- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for holistic power management to dynamically and automatically turn servers, network equipment and facility components on and off inside and across multiple data centers based on a variety of parameters without violating existing service levels
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Application No.: US12051833Application Date: 2008-03-19
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Publication No.: US09003211B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Clemens Pfeiffer
- Applicant: Clemens Pfeiffer
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Power Assure, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Power Assure, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32
Abstract:
The present invention provides a METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLISTIC POWER MANAGEMENT TO DYNAMICALLY AND AUTOMATICALLY TURN SERVERS, NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY COMPONENTS ON AND OFF INSIDE AND ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA CENTERS BASED ON A VARIETY OF PARAMETERS WITHOUT VIOLATING EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS. This method and apparatus pertains specifically to a method and apparatus for power management in data centers and large server environments.Until today all servers running a specific application or virtualized environment are kept turned on to support various levels of application demand. With the invention of Holistic Power Management this invention completely automates the tasks required to shutdown and turn off servers not needed and to turn them on and start them up independent of their physical location. Furthermore this invention makes such changes dynamically based on application load, environmental conditions and energy pricing and availability and can adjust cooling services accordingly.
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