Power management within a data protection system
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorJeremy Dean Swift
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Abstract
Various techniques for managing power consumption of computing devices within a data protection system are disclosed. For example, one method involves accessing policy information, which the policy information indicates when one or more data protection system activities should be performed and identifies whether a computing device is participating in the data protection system activities. Based upon this policy information, the method then identifies whether power consumption of the computing device can be reduced. In response to identifying that the power consumption of the computing device can be reduced, a power management command is automatically sent via a network. Performance of the power management command reduces the power consumption of the computing device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing power management information, wherein
- the power management information comprises
- an identity of a computing device that is participating in one or more data protection activities,
- a type of the computing device, wherein
- the type is one device type selected from among a plurality of device types, and
- an indication, based on the type of the computing device, that indicates whether the computing device can be power managed;
- determining, using one or more processors, whether power consumption of the computing device can be increased, wherein
- the determining is based on the indication;
- and
- sending, using the one or more processors, a command, in response to a determination that the power consumption of the computing device can be increased, wherein
- the sending of the command is performed prior to performance of one of the one or more data protection activities, and
- performance of the command increases the power consumption of the computing device.
A system comprising:
- a processor,
- a storage device, wherein
- the storage device stores policy information, and
- the policy information comprises
- an identity of a computing device that is participating in one or more data protection system activities,
- a type of the computing device, wherein
- the type is one device type selected from among a plurality of device types, and
- an indication based on the type of the computing device, that indicates whether the computing device can be power managed;
- and
- a power management module, executable by the processor, configured to access the policy information, wherein
- the power management module is configured to
- determine whether power consumption of the computing device can be increased, wherein
- the determination is based on the indication,
- send a power management command in response to a determination that the power consumption of the computing device can be increased, wherein
- the power management module is configured to send the command prior to performance of one of the one or more data protection activities, and wherein
- performance of the command is configured to increase the power consumption of the computing device.
A computer program product comprising:
- a plurality of instructions, comprising
- a first set of instructions, executable on a computer system, configured to access power management information, wherein
- the power management information comprises
- an identity of a computing device that is participating in one or more data protection activities,
- a type of the computing device, wherein
- the type is one device type selected from among a plurality of device types, and
- an indication, based on the type of the computing device, that indicates whether the computing device can be power managed,
- a second set of instructions, executable on the computer system, configured to determine whether power consumption of the computing device can be increased, wherein
- the determination is based on the indication, and
- a third set of instructions, executable on the computer system, configured to send a command, in response to a determination that the power consumption of the computing device can be increased, wherein
- the sending of the command is performed prior to performance of one of the one or more data protection activities, and
- performance of the command is configured to increase the power consumption of the computing device;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the instructions are encoded in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.