Job scheduling based on node and application characteristics

A computer program product for scheduling an application, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable tangible storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions readable/executable by one or more computer processors and further comprising:
• program instructions to receive a task, wherein the task includes instructions indicating one or more desired nodes to perform the task through executing one or more programs;
• program instructions to identify application characteristic information and node characteristic information associated with one or more nodes within a data center composed of a plurality of nodes, wherein the application characteristic information includes resource utilization information for one or more applications on the one or more nodes within the data center composed of the plurality of nodes;
• program instructions to determine that one or more of the desired nodes have reached a threshold level of power consumption, wherein a threshold level is a pre-set maximum amount of power utilized by a node within the data center composed of the plurality of nodes;
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• program instructions to determine at least one node consuming an amount of power that is below a respective threshold level of power consumption in the data center.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a task, wherein the task includes instructions indicating one or more desired nodes to perform the task through executing one or more programs;
• program instructions to identify application characteristic information and node characteristic information associated with one or more nodes within a data center composed of a plurality of nodes, wherein the application characteristic information includes resource utilization information for one or more applications on the one or more nodes within the data center composed of the plurality of nodes;
• program instructions to determine that one or more of the desired nodes have reached a threshold level of power consumption, wherein a threshold level is a pre-set maximum amount of power utilized by a node within the data center composed of the plurality of nodes;
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• program instructions to determine at least one node consuming an amount of power that is below a respective threshold level of power consumption in the data center.