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US 2009/0292811 A1Published application
Arrangement for Managing Data Center Operations to Increase Cooling Efficiency
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Thomas Pienta, Pornsak Songkakul
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Abstract
A method includes a step of obtaining efficiency characteristic information for each of a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers. The method also includes employing one or more processing units to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers based on the efficiency characteristic information.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- a) obtaining efficiency characteristic information for each of a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers;
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- b) employing one or more processing units to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers based on the efficiency characteristic information.
An arrangement, comprising:
- a computer server management system having a processing circuit and a memory, the processing circuit configured to coordinate the usage of a plurality of server computers, the processing circuit executing virtualization software configured to manage application processing on the plurality of server computers;
- the memory storing efficiency characteristic information for a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers;
- wherein the processing circuit is further configured to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers based on the efficiency characteristic information.
An arrangement, comprising:
- a plurality of computer servers disposed in a location;
- a plurality of air conditioning units disposed in the location;
- a processing arrangement and at least one memory, the memory storing efficiency characteristic information for the plurality of air conditioning units;
- wherein the processing arrangement is further configured to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers based on the efficiency characteristic information.
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