Computing a unit rate of power consumed in a data center

摘要

A power distribution unit having a power supply inputs including mains, secondary, generator, and renewable can be configured to measure how much power is drawn from each of the power supply inputs over a time period and to provide data to a unit rate of power engine indicating the same. A cost information engine can be configured to provide cost information, applicable over the time period, for each of the power supply inputs to the unit rate of power engine. The unit rate of power engine can be configured to compute the unit rate of power consumed in the data center over the time period based on the power drawn from each of the power supply inputs and the cost information.

主权项

1. A system for computing a unit rate of power consumed in a data center, comprising:
a power distribution unit having a plurality of power supply inputs, wherein the power distribution unit is configured to measure how much power is drawn from each of the plurality of power supply inputs over a time period; a plurality of hosts configured to draw power from the power distribution unit to provision and execute respective virtual computing instances (VCIs) for each of a plurality of customers, wherein the plurality of hots include power meters to monitor an amount of power consumed on a per-VCI basis; a subsystem coupled to the power distribution unit, the subsystem including a processing resource and a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to:
acquire cost information, applicable over the time period, for each of the plurality of power supply inputs;compute the unit rate of power consumed in the data center over the time period based on the power drawn from each of the plurality of power supply inputs and the cost information; andallocate a cost of powering the data center according to the unit rate of power consumed in the data center to a plurality of customers of the data center on a per-VCI basis.