METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO OPTIMIZE DATA CENTER POWER CONSUMPTION

摘要

Methods and systems of determining an optimum power-consumption profile for virtual machines running in a data center are disclosed. In one aspect, a power-consumption profile of a virtual machine and a unit-rate profile of electrical power cost over a period are received. The methods determine an optimum power-consumption profile based on the power-consumption profile and the unit-rate profile. The optimum power-consumption profile may be used reschedule the virtual machine over the period.

主权项

1. A system to schedule virtual machines comprising:
one or more processors; one or more data-storage devices; and a routine stored in the data-storage devices and executed using the one or more processors, the routine
determining an optimum power-consumption profile based on a power-consumption profile of a virtual machine over a period of time and a unit-rate profile of electrical power cost over the period; andrescheduling the virtual machine over the period with a workload having the optimum power-consumption profile.