Overseeing data storage equipment power usage via local collection of power consumption data and remote evaluation and reporting of performance

摘要

A technique oversees data storage equipment power usage. The technique involves acquiring, by data storage equipment, power consumption data while the data storage equipment performs host data storage input/output (IO) operations on behalf of a set of host computers during a power consumption time period. The technique further involves storing, by the data storage equipment, the power consumption data in a local database during the power consumption time period. The technique further involves electronically providing, by the data storage equipment, the power consumption data from the local database to a remote power consumption analysis facility through a computerized communications medium to determine power consumption performance of the data storage equipment during the power consumption time period. Such operation alleviates the user from having to manually take measurements and perform calculations which would be burdensome and error prone.

主权项

1. A method of overseeing data storage equipment power usage, the method comprising:
acquiring, by data storage equipment, power consumption data while the data storage equipment performs host data storage input/output (IO) operations on behalf of a set of host computers during a power consumption time period; storing, by the data storage equipment, the power consumption data in a local database during the power consumption time period; and electronically providing, by the data storage equipment, the power consumption data from the local database to a remote power consumption analysis facility through a computerized communications medium to determine power consumption performance of the data storage equipment during the power consumption time period; wherein the data storage equipment is constructed and arranged to log storage drive error events while performing the host data storage IO operations on behalf of the set of host computers; and wherein electronically providing the power consumption data from the local database to the remote power consumption analysis facility includes:
bundling the power consumption data and the storage drive error events into an aggregate data storage equipment performance package and sending the aggregate data storage equipment performance package to a remote data storage equipment support center, which includes the remote power consumption analysis facility, through the computerized communications medium for evaluation of both the power consumption data and the storage drive error events.