Estimating power consumption of a virtual server

A system for estimating power consumption of a virtual server, the system comprising:

• a Central Processing Unit (CPU);
• a memory;
• a conversion unit configured to:
• convert a CPU utilization to a reference server CPU utilization;
• and
• convert a memory utilization to a reference server memory utilization, wherein a reference server includes a preset hardware configuration;
• a virtual server management unit, wherein the virtual server management unit is configured to implement the virtual server;
• a resource utilization measurement unit configured to measure the CPU utilization and the memory utilization, wherein the CPU utilization and the memory utilization are for an operation of the virtual server;
• and
• a virtual power consumption calculation unit configured to calculate the power consumption of the virtual server based on the reference server CPU utilization and the reference server memory utilization.

A method for estimating power consumption of a virtual server, the method comprising:

• measuring utilization of at least one hardware resource by the virtual server, the at least one hardware resource being used by an operation of the virtual server;
• converting the utilization of the at least one hardware resource to utilization of a hardware resource in a reference server, wherein the reference server includes a preset hardware configuration;
• and
• calculating power consumption of the virtual server, based on the utilization of the hardware resource in the reference server.

A system for estimating power consumption of a virtual server, the system comprising:

• at least one server;
• at least one accounting apparatus, wherein the accounting apparatus is functionally coupled to the at least one server over a network;
• and
• wherein the at least one server includes:
• at least one hardware resource
• at least one of a virtual server management unit, a resource utilization management unit, a conversion unit, and a virtual power consumption calculation unit wherein
• the conversion unit is configured to convert utilization of the at least one hardware resource to utilization of a hardware resource in a reference server, wherein the reference server includes a preset hardware configuration,
• the resource utilization measurement unit is configured to measure the utilization of the at least one hardware resource, wherein the utilization is for an operation of the virtual server,
• the virtual server management unit is configured to implement the virtual server, and
• the virtual power consumption calculation unit is configured to calculate power consumption of the virtual server, based on the utilization of the hardware resource in the reference server.