Power state adjustment

摘要

A system and method for selecting devices for which power states and/or mode of operation may be adjusted can be implemented based on power supply availability, cost of power consumption at certain periods of the day or year, environmental conditions, priority of applications, and business objectives are disclosed.

主权项

1. A control system comprising:
at least one power controller configured to control power consumption of a plurality of devices in a target system, the at least one power controller configured to perform the steps of
enabling a user to submit a request to adjust the power consumption of the plurality of devices;enabling the user to indicate a time period for completing the request;enabling the user to define the request as a soft type or a hard type, a soft type granting the control system permission to not complete at least part of the request within the time period if a predetermined condition is satisfied, a hard type requiring the control system to complete the request within the time period regardless of whether the predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition being based on one or more of the plurality of devices or one or more applications running on the one or more of the plurality of devices;determining a plan to slow down, speed up, turn off, turn on, or suspend each of the plurality of devices to effect the request, the plan being based on
the requestreal-time load information associated with each of the plurality of devices;priority levels of the one or more applications running on the one or more of the plurality of devices; andimpact on performance of the one or more applications running on the one or more of the plurality of devices;initiating execution of the plan; andat least when the request is indicated as the soft type,
monitoring the one or more of the plurality of devices or the one or more applications running on the one or more of the plurality of devices to determine if the predetermined condition is satisfied;if the predetermined condition is satisfied, then adjusting the request to respond to the predetermined condition; andif the predetermined condition is not satisfied, then completing execution of the plan.