ENERGY AWARE LOAD DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT

摘要

A system and method of scheduling tasks, comprising receiving activity and performance data from registers or storage locations maintained by hardware and an operating system; storing calibration coefficients associated with the activity and performance data; computing an energy dissipation rate based on at least the activity and performance data; and scheduling tasks under the operating system based on the computed energy dissipation rate.

主权项

1. A system for controlling a plurality of servers, each server being implemented though at least one automated processor, each respective server having at least an active mode supplying processing capacity for handling a time-varying workload, and an inactive mode unavailable for supplying additional processing capacity for handling the time-varying workload, wherein the plurality of servers in the active mode have a first aggregate processing capacity during a first time period sufficient for handling the time-varying workload, the system for controlling comprising:
at least one automated controller configured to control the plurality of servers, configured to: determine a parameter pertaining to at least one of a time-varying state of at least one of the plurality of servers in the active mode, and an environment of operation of at least one of the plurality of servers; determine a workload trend for the system; determine, based on at least the parameter and the workload trend, a required second aggregate processing capacity for handling the time-varying workload during a second time period, different from the first processing capacity during the first time period, wherein the second time period extends beyond the first time period; and generate an output based on the required second aggregate processing capacity.