DETERMINING POWER CAPPING POLICIES FOR A COMPUTER DEVICE

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for accurately determining maximum and minimum power capping values that may be used to increase power use efficiency (PUE) and reliability of a computing environment (e.g., a data center comprising one or more servers).

主权项

1. A method for power management, comprising:
performing a stress test on a first component in a computing device which consumes varying amount of power based on an operational condition of the computing device; determining a combined maximum power consumption value and a combined minimum power consumption value for the first component based on the stress test; identifying a combined platform-specific power consumption value of the computing device, wherein the combined platform-specific power consumption value comprises a power consumption value from a second component that uses a constant power while the computing device is operating; determining one or more peripheral-specific power consumption values for one or more peripheral devices coupled to the computing device, wherein determining the one or more peripheral-specific power consumption values comprises accessing a data store of peripheral-specific power consumption values; and determining a maximum power capping value and a minimum power capping value for the computing device based on the determined combined maximum power consumption value, the combined minimum power consumption value, the platform-specific power consumption value, and the one or more peripheral-specific power consumption values.