Preemptive Thermal Control by Processor Throttling in a Modular Computing System

A thermal control process in a modular computing housing including a plurality of component bays, said process comprising:

• determining the configuration status of component slots in a housing;
• determining processor throttle data based on said configuration status;
• and
• changing an operating frequencies of processors in the component slots based on said processor throttle data.

A program product, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• and
• program code stored within the computer readable storage medium configured for performing a process including:
• determining the configuration status of component slots in a housing;
• determining processor throttle data based on said configuration status;
• and
• changing operating frequencies of processors in the component slots based on said processor throttle data.

A thermal control system for a modular computing system, comprising:

• a configuration sensor to collect configuration data of said modular computing system;
• data storage including a configuration data structure, wherein the data storage outputs processor throttle data from the configuration data structure corresponding to a configuration detected by the configuration sensor;
• and
• a processor throttle module that, responsive to the processor throttle data, controls operating frequencies of component processors in said modular computing system in accordance with said processor throttle data.