Regulation of airflow and performance in information handling systems after fan failure

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a non-transitory machine-readable medium;
• and
• instructions on the non-transitory machine-readable medium, when read by a processor, are configured to cause the processor to:
• determine a first fan importance factor of a first fan associated with a first thermal region of an information handling system, the first fan importance factor being based on a presence of a first thermal component in the first thermal region and on a first thermal priority rating indicative of a priority of cooling the first thermal component;
• determine a second fan importance factor of a second fan associated with a second thermal region of the information handling system, the second fan importance factor being based on a presence of a second thermal component in the second thermal region and on a second thermal priority rating indicative of a priority of cooling the second thermal component;
• detect a failure of the first fan;
• and
• in response to detecting the failure of the first fan, regulate airflow in the information handling system based on at least one of the first fan importance factor and the second fan importance factor.

An information handling system, comprising:

• a first fan associated with a first thermal region of the information handling system;
• a second fan associated with a second thermal region of the information handling system;
• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when read and executed by the processor, are configured to cause the processor to:
• determine a first fan importance factor of the first fan based on a presence of a first thermal component in the first thermal region and on a first thermal priority rating indicative of a priority of cooling the first thermal component;
• determine a second fan importance factor of the second fan based on a presence of a second thermal component in the second thermal region and on a second thermal priority rating indicative of a priority of cooling the second thermal component;
• detect a failure of the first fan;
• and
• in response to detecting the failure of the first fan, regulate airflow in the information handling system based on at least one of the first fan importance factor and the second fan importance factor.