Control Of The Energy Consumption Of A Server Cluster
AssigneeBull SAS
InventorsMathieu Stoffel, Abdelhafid Mazouz
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Abstract
In this method for controlling a server cluster, the cluster Including a plurality of nodes, automated agents measure the change in at least one metric quantifying the use of the nodes for the execution of an application, the agents determine, for each node, by measuring the metric, whether a change of phase has taken place in the executed application, and cause a change of the operation of the node if necessary; at regular intervals, an automated coordinator aggregates the metric measurements and the changes of operation of the nodes that have taken place and, on the basis of the aggregated measurements, the coordinator sends instructions to at least one of the agents.
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A method for controlling a server cluster, the cluster comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein:
- automated agents measure change in at least one metric quantifying use of the nodes for execution of an application,
- the automated agents determine, for each node, by measuring the at least one metric, whether a change of phase has taken place in the executed application, and cause a change of the operation of the node if necessary,
- at regular intervals, an automated coordinator aggregates the at least one metric measurements and the changes of operation of the nodes that have taken place, and
- on the basis of the aggregated at least one metric measurements, the coordinator sends instructions to at least one of the agents.
A device for controlling a server cluster, wherein it is capable of:
- measuring a change in at least one metric quantifying the use of nodes of a server cluster for the execution of an application,
- determining for each node, by measuring the at least one metric, whether a change of phase has taken place in the executed application, and causing a change of operation of the node if necessary,
- at regular intervals, aggregating the at least one metric measurements and the changes of operation of the nodes, and
- on the basis of the aggregated measurements, sending instructions for a change of operation to the nodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.