Rack equipment power pricing plan control system and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAndrew Harvey Barr, Kirk Michael Bresniker, Ricardo E. Espinoza-Ibarra
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Abstract
A rack equipment power pricing plan control system and method is presented. In one embodiment of the present invention, a power pricing plan rack equipment control method is utilized to control operation of rack equipment. A power pricing plan for operating the rack equipment is established. The rack equipment is operated in accordance with the power pricing plan.
Claims20
A power pricing plan rack equipment control method comprising:
- establishing a power pricing plan for operating rack equipment;
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- controlling operation of said rack equipment in accordance with said power pricing plan, wherein said power pricing plan enables said rack equipment to provide more power to a higher priority processing activity while providing less power to a lower priority processing activity.
An computer-useable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to execute power pricing performance instructions comprising:
- a power pricing detection module for detecting indications of power pricing fluctuations covered by a power pricing plan;
- a power pricing plan policy module for ascertaining power pricing plan instructions associated with said power pricing fluctuations;
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- an instruction generation module for generating rack equipment performance adjustment commands to implement said power pricing plan instructions, wherein said power pricing plan enables providing more power to a higher priority processing activity while providing less power to a lower priority processing activity.
A power pricing rack equipment control system comprising:
- rack equipment for processing data;
- a power pricing plan component for controlling said rack equipment based on a power pricing plan policy, wherein said power pricing plan policy enables said rack equipment to provide more power to a higher priority processing activity while providing less power to a lower priority processing activity;
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- a communications bus for coupling said rack equipment and said power pricing plan control component, wherein said communications bus is utilized for communicating information between said power pricing plan control component and said rack equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.