Mixed-mode data center control system

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for controlling the operation of a data center wherein a computer cluster, managing terminal, and an interface device are deployed to control the operation of a data center component. The computer cluster, managing terminal, and the interface device take turns in controlling the operation of the data center component in dependence upon changes in the state of a the data center component, or changes in the states of various other groups of data center components. Objectives for the data center may be broken down into sub-objectives to be performed by portions of the data center.

主权项

1. A data center comprising:
a plurality of servers, the plurality of servers forming a computer cluster; a component device; and a managing terminal configured to:
receive a control signal from the computer cluster,provide a first control signal, based on the control signal from the computer cluster, to the component device when the computer cluster is in control of the component device,detect a triggering event by detecting that a predetermined time period has expired without the control signal being received from the computer cluster,control the component device in response to detecting the triggering event,provide a second control signal for controlling the component device, andprovide the second control signal to the component device when the managing terminal is in control of the component device, the second control signal not being based on the control signal from the computer cluster; wherein an operation of the component device is regulated with the first control signal when the computer cluster is in control of the component device; wherein the operation of the component device is regulated with the second control signal when the managing terminal is in control of the component device; andwherein the computer cluster and the managing terminal use different control logic to provide the first control signal and the second control signal, respectively.