Data center management unit with improved disaster prevention and recovery
AssigneeRacktivity NV
InventorsWilbert Ingels, Niko Vinken
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Abstract
A data center management unit for managing and controlling power distribution to computers in a data center includes a power inlet, a plurality of power outlets for providing power to respective ones of the computers, and a processor. In addition thereto, the data center management unit includes a memory for storing logged parameters or events. The processor in the data center management unit takes measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery based on the logged parameters or events. The measures for disaster prevention or disaster recovery comprise generating alert messages, de-activating one or more power outlets, activating one or more power outlets and/or re-activating a power outlet that has been de-activated earlier.
Claims14
A data center management unit for managing and controlling power distribution to computers in a data center, said data center management unit comprising a power inlet, a plurality of power outlets for providing power to respective ones of said computers, and a processor,
- wherein said data center management unit further comprises memory for storing one or more logged parameters or events,
- wherein said processor is able to take measures for disaster prevention to avoid power outages of computers or racks of computers in said data center and/or measures for disaster recovery to reboot computers or racks of computers in said data center after a power outage, said measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery including:
- generating alert messages;
- de-activating one or more power outlets of said plurality of power outlets;
- activating one or more power outlets of said plurality of power outlets;
- and
- re-activating a power outlet that has been de-activated earlier,
- wherein said processor is adapted to analyse changes in time of values of said logged parameters or events comprising a comparison of short term values, logged for a short term between zero and fifteen minutes, and long term values, logged for a long term being 1 day or more, of said logged parameters or events, and
- wherein said processor is adapted to take one or more of said measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery based on said comparison of short term values and long term values of logged parameters or events.
A method for managing and controlling power distribution towards computers in a data center via a data center management unit comprising a power inlet, a plurality of power outlets and a processor,
- wherein said method comprises:
- storing one or more logged parameters or events;
- and
- taking measures for disaster prevention to avoid power outages of computers or racks of computers in said data center and/or measures for disaster recovery to reboot computers or racks of computers in said data center after a power outage, said measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery including:
- generating alert messages;
- de-activating one or more power outlets of said plurality of power outlets;
- activating one or more power outlets of said plurality of power outlets;
- and
- re-activating a power outlet that has been de-activated earlier,
- wherein said method comprises analysing changes in time of values of said logged parameters or events comprising a comparison of short term values, logged for a short term between zero and fifteen minutes, and long term values, logged for a long term being 1 day or more, of said logged parameters or events,
- and wherein said method comprises taking one or more of said measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery based on said comparison of short term values and long term values of said logged parameters or events.
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