Managing computing resources through aggregated core management

A computer program product for managing computing resources, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to:
• determine a set of processors having multiple processor cores present in a computer system, the processor cores forming a set of aggregated processor cores;
• determine a set of dependencies among a set of workload components executing on the set of processors and processor cores;
• receive a policy, the policy including rules associated with managing one or more of power consumption, heat production, operating cost or workload balancing for the set of aggregated processing cores;
• receive a workload event;
• and
• in response to the workload event, set a state of one or more of the processor cores in accordance with the workload event, the policy and the set of dependencies.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to cause the one or more processors to:
• determine a set of processors having multiple processor cores present in a computer system;
• determine a set of dependencies among a set of workload components executing on the set of processors and processor cores;
• receive a policy, the policy including rules associated with managing one or more of power consumption, heat production, operating cost or workload balancing for the computer system;
• receive a workload event;
• and
• set a state of one or more of the processor cores in accordance with the workload event, the policy and the set of dependencies.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of computers, the computers having one or more processors, the one or more processors having a plurality of processor cores, the plurality of processor cores comprising an aggregated set of processor cores for the system;
• a dependency analyzer configured to determine a set of dependencies among a set of workload components executing on the processor cores;
• a policy including rules associated with managing one or more of power consumption, heat production, operating cost or workload balancing for the aggregated set of processor cores;
• and
• a management console configured to, in response to a workload event, set a state of one or more of the processor cores in accordance with the workload event, the policy and the set of dependencies.