US 11,388,835 B1Granted

Placement of custom servers

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsDavid Edward Bryan, Prateek Tandon, Kevin M. Bailey, Ismael Medrano

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Abstract

A server placement controller determines a placement location for a custom server based on infrastructure support system requirements of the custom server and based on infrastructure support system capacities at respective unoccupied slots of a server mounting structure of a data center. In some embodiments, a server placement controller may utilize a hierarchical optimization process to select a placement location for a custom server, wherein the selected placement location meets the requirements of the custom server while also optimizing use of one or more infrastructure support systems, such as power infrastructure support system, a networking infrastructure support system, a cooling infrastructure support system, or other infrastructure support systems of a data center.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A data center comprising:

a server mounting structure comprising a plurality of slots configured to accept installation of a server;
server support infrastructure systems configured to provide power support, networking support, or cooling support to respective servers mounted in the slots of the server mounting structure;
robots configured to custom assemble a server at the data center, wherein to custom assemble the server the robots are configured to install a plurality of components into a server chassis;
and
a server placement controller configured to:
determine several of power support capacity, network support capacity, or cooling support capacity to be provided at various ones of a plurality of unoccupied slots of the server mounting structure at the data center if the custom assembled server were to be placed at the various ones of the plurality of unoccupied slots, the determination based at least in part on server infrastructure requirements of other servers already mounted in the server mounting structure of the data center;
perform an analysis of stranded server support infrastructure capacity or concentrated server support infrastructure demand for the server support infrastructure systems of the data center based on whether the custom assembled server is intended to be placed at the various ones of the unoccupied slots, the analysis executed in a specified hierarchical order for the several of the power support, networking support, or cooling support;
and
select a particular slot of the plurality of unoccupied slots of the server mounting structure of the data center for installation of the custom assembled server, based on:
support infrastructure requirements of the custom assembled server and the respective determined support infrastructure capacities comprising the power support capacity, the network support capacity, or the cooling support capacity, to be provided at the various ones of the unoccupied slots;
and
the analysis of stranded server support infrastructure capacity or concentrated server support infrastructure demand for the server support infrastructure systems of the data center,
wherein at least one of the robots is configured to install the custom assembled server in the selected particular slot.

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A method comprising:

determining two or more unoccupied slots of a plurality of slots of a server mounting structure at a data center location;
determining several of power support capacity, network support capacity, or cooling support capacity to be provided at various ones of the two or more unoccupied slots of the server mounting structure at the data center location if a custom assembled server were to be placed at the various ones of the two or more unoccupied slots, the determination based at least in part on server infrastructure requirements of other servers already mounted in the server mounting structure;
performing an analysis of stranded server support infrastructure capacity or concentrated server support infrastructure demand for server support infrastructure systems based on whether the custom assembled server is intended to be placed at the various ones of the two or more unoccupied slots, the analysis executed in a specified hierarchical order for several of a power support system, a networking support system, or a cooling support system of the server support infrastructure systems;
selecting a particular slot of the two or more unoccupied slots for installation of the custom assembled server based on:
support infrastructure requirements of a custom assembled server assembled at the data center location and the respective support infrastructure system capacities to be provided at the various ones of the unoccupied slots;
and
the analysis of stranded server support infrastructure capacity or concentrated server support infrastructure demand for the server support infrastructure systems;
and
causing the custom assembled server to be installed in the particular slot via one or more robots located at the data center location, wherein:
the one or more robots comprise arms configured to be adjusted to a plurality of heights for installing the custom assembled server in the particular slot.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine two unoccupied slots of a plurality of slots of a server mounting structure;
determine several of power support capacity, network support capacity, or cooling support capacity to be provided at various ones of the two or more unoccupied slots of the server mounting structure if a custom assembled server were to be placed at the various ones of the two or more unoccupied slots, the determination based at least in part on server infrastructure requirements of other servers already mounted in the server mounting structure;
perform an analysis of stranded server support infrastructure capacity or concentrated server support infrastructure demand for server support infrastructure systems based on whether the custom assembled server is intended to be placed at the various ones of the two or more unoccupied slots, the analysis executed in a specified hierarchical order for several of a power support system, a networking support system, or a cooling support system of the server support infrastructure systems;
select a particular slot of the two unoccupied slots for installation of the custom assembled server, wherein the particular slot is selected based on:
support infrastructure requirements of the custom assembled server assembled in a data center and the respective support infrastructure system capacities to be provided at the various ones of the unoccupied slots;
and
the analysis of stranded server support infrastructure capacity or concentrated server support infrastructure demand for the server support infrastructure systems;
and
cause the custom assembled server to be installed in the particular slot via one or more robots comprising one or more locomotion devices configured to move the one or more robots from one place to another in the data center.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/020,749Filed 27 Jun 2018
Granted: 12 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H05K 7/1498
Servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks: resource management, Optimisation arrangements, e.g. configuration, identification,…
G06F 30/20
Computer-aided design [CAD]: design optimisation, verification or simulation
H05K 7/1489
Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures: characterized by the mounting of blades…
G06F 2113/02
Details relating to the application field: data centres