Server, power management system, power management method, and program

A power management system comprising:

• a plurality of servers;
• and a power management apparatus connected to and communicating with the plurality of the servers, wherein
• the power management apparatus includes a power supply stop instruction unit which determines whether a processing load of servers which are executing their processes among the plurality of the servers is lower than a lower limit load determined in advance as a load which can be processed by servers the number of which is less than or equal to the number of the servers which are executing their processes based on load information indicating a processing load in accordance with a process status of the plurality of the servers, and transmits a power supply stop instruction signal to instruct to stop a power supply of at least one server among the servers which are executing their processes to the server whose power supply is to stop if the processing load of the servers which are executing their processes is lower than the lower limit load, and
• the server includes:
• a power supply stop control unit which stops a power supply of a predetermined processing unit which is a processing unit to which supply of power from a power supply is to stop among processing units which use the power from the power supply upon receiving the power supply stop instruction signal;
• a power supply start-up control unit which intermittently starts up the power supply of the predetermined processing unit when the power supply stop control unit stops the power supply of the predetermined processing unit;
• a power supply start-up determination unit which determines whether a processing load of the servers which are executing their processes among the plurality of the servers is higher than an upper limit load determined in advance as a load required to be processed by servers the number of which is greater than or equal to the number of the servers which are executing their processes when the power supply start-up control unit starts up the power supply of the predetermined processing unit;
• and
• a process control unit which controls process execution for the predetermined processing unit if the power supply start-up determination unit determines that the processing load of the servers which are executing their processes is higher than the upper limit load.

A power management method in a server connected to a plurality of other servers, the method comprising:

• stopping a power supply of a predetermined processing unit which is a processing unit to which supply of power from a power supply is to stop among processing units which use the power from the power supply upon receiving a power supply stop instruction signal instructing to stop the power supply;
• intermittently starting up the power supply of the predetermined processing unit when the power supply of the predetermined processing unit stops;
• determining whether a processing load of other servers which are executing their processes among the plurality of the other servers is higher than an upper limit load determined in advance as a load required to be processed by servers the number of which is greater than or equal to the number of the other servers which are executing their processes when the power supply of the predetermined processing unit starts up;
• and
• controlling process execution for the predetermined processing unit if the processing load of the other servers which are executing their processes is determined to be higher than the upper limit load.