Method and system for thermal management by quantitative determination of cooling characteristics of data center
AssigneeTata Consultancy Services Limited
InventorsHarshad Girish BHAGWAT, Amarendra Kumar SINGH, Anand SIVASUBRAMANIAM
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and system for quantitative determination of cooling characteristics of a data center by calculating thermal influence indices. The invention further provides a method and system for providing effective thermal management in a data center using quantitative determination of cooling characteristics of a data center.
Claims18
A method for determining cooling characteristics of data center for providing effective thermal management, wherein the said method comprises the processor implemented steps of:
- a. selecting the configuration of data center comprising of design and operational parameters;
- b. selecting at least one pair of components in data center and further selecting at least one definition of influence indices for the said pair of components;
- c. calculating the defined influence indices for the said pair of components;
- d. normalizing calculated influence indices using normalization methods;
- e. analyzing normalized influence indices by comparing normalized influence indices with other similar influence indices or by comparing with thresholds;
- f. determining cooling characteristics of the data center and identifying the thermal inefficiencies in the data center using analysed influence indices;
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- g. optimizing configuration of the data center comprising of design and operational parameters of the data center for providing effective thermal management.
A system for determining cooling characteristics of a data center for providing effective thermal management, wherein the said system is comprised of:
- a. means for selecting the configuration of data center comprising of design and operational parameters;
- b. means for selecting at least one pair of components in data center and further selecting at least one definition of the influence indices for the said pair of components;
- c. means for calculating the defined influence indices for the said pair of components;
- d. means for normalizing calculated influence indices using normalization methods;
- e. means for analyzing normalized influence indices by comparing normalized influence indices with other similar influence indices and comparing with thresholds;
- f. means for determining cooling characteristics of the data center and identifying the thermal inefficiencies in the data center using analysed influence indices;
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- g. means for optimizing configuration comprising of design and operational parameters of the data center for providing effective thermal management.
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