Systems and methods for reducing stranded power capacity

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform a set of actions, the set of actions comprising:
• receiving a first electronic request that specifies a first job to be performed by a first software application;
• receiving a second electronic request that specifies a second job to be performed by a second software application;
• performing a first test job by executing the first application on a first individual computing node in the cluster of computing nodes;
• determining a first rate at which the first individual computing node consumes power while the first test job is performed on the first individual computing node;
• storing the first rate in a first power profile that is associated with the first application as a first power-consumption-rate upper bound;
• retrieving the first power-consumption-rate upper bound from the first power profile associated with the first application;
• retrieving a second power-consumption-rate upper bound from a second power profile that is associated with the second application;
• determining that a sum of the first power-consumption upper bound and the second power-consumption upper bound does not exceed a predefined power-consumption threshold for a cluster of computing nodes;
• and
• based on the determination that the sum does not exceed the predefined power-consumption threshold, performing the first job and the second job concurrently in the cluster of computing nodes by executing the first application and the second application.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions thereon that, when executed on a processor, perform the following set of actions:

• receiving a first electronic request that specifies a first job to be performed by a first software application;
• receiving a second electronic request that specifies a second job to be performed by a second software application;
• performing a first test job by executing the first application on a first individual computing node in the cluster of computing nodes;
• determining a first rate at which the first individual computing node consumes power while the first test job is performed on the first individual computing node;
• storing the first rate in a first power profile as the first power-consumption-rate upper bound;
• retrieving the first power-consumption-rate upper bound from the first power profile associated with the first application;
• retrieving a second power-consumption-rate upper bound from a second power profile that is associated with the second application;
• determining that a sum of the first power-consumption upper bound and the second power-consumption upper bound does not exceed a predefined power-consumption threshold for a cluster of computing nodes;
• and
• based on the determination that the sum does not exceed the predefined power-consumption threshold, performing the first job and the second job concurrently in the cluster of computing nodes by executing the first application and the second application.