Data center cooling
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBHOOSHAN P. KELKAR, SANDEEP R. PATIL
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques of monitoring and controlling temperature in a data center having a plurality of systems. Operating parameters of one or more cooling devices in the data center may be dynamically adjusted based on characteristics of the data center. An associated method may include monitoring in real time temperature and data flow patterns with respect to the systems in a zone of the data center, computing an optimal temperature based on the real time data and historical data collected in a repository, and activating one or more cooling devices in the zone upon determining that the temperature in the zone exceeds a predefined threshold.
Claims20
A method of monitoring and controlling temperature in a data center, the data center including a plurality of zones, the method comprising:
- receiving real time data from one or more monitoring devices in a zone among the plurality of zones at a central control located within the zone, wherein the real time data includes temperature and data flow patterns, and wherein the central control includes one or more processors;
- collating the real time data from each of the one or more monitoring devices at the central control;
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- upon determining that the temperature in the zone exceeds a predefined threshold, activating one or more cooling components in the zone, thereby maintaining the temperature in the zone at an optimal temperature.
A method of monitoring and controlling temperature in a data center, the data center including a plurality of zones, the method comprising:
- receiving real time data from one or more monitoring devices in a zone among the plurality of zones at a master control, wherein the real time data includes temperature and data flow patterns, and wherein the master control includes one or more processors;
- determining from the real time data whether the temperature in a region surrounding a monitoring device among the one or more monitoring devices exceeds a predefined threshold;
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- upon determining that the temperature in the region surrounding the monitoring device exceeds the predefined threshold, activating one or more cooling components in the region surrounding the monitoring device, thereby maintaining the temperature in the region surrounding the monitoring device at an optimal temperature.
A device comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- receive real time data from one or more monitoring devices in a zone among the plurality of zones of a data center, wherein the real time data includes temperature and data flow patterns;
- determine from the real time data whether the temperature in a region surrounding a monitoring device among the one or more monitoring devices exceeds a predefined threshold;
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- upon determining that the temperature in the region surrounding the monitoring device exceeds the predefined threshold, activate one or more cooling components in the region surrounding the monitoring device, thereby maintaining the temperature in the region surrounding the monitoring device at an optimal temperature.
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