Managing workload distribution to reduce acoustic levels

摘要

A computer-implemented method obtains a correlation between percent utilization and noise level for a plurality of compute node types, and obtains an inventory of a plurality of compute nodes in a cluster, wherein the inventory identifies each compute node by a compute node type, and wherein the plurality of compute nodes includes two or more compute node types. The method further includes determining a percent utilization of each compute node, and, for each compute node of an identified compute node type, determining a noise level using the determined percent utilization for the compute node as input into the correlation between percent utilization and noise level for the identified compute node type. An overall noise level in the cluster is calculated using the noise level determined for each compute node, and workload is distributed among the plurality of compute nodes to reduce the calculated overall noise level in the cluster.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining a correlation between percent utilization and noise level for each of a plurality of compute node types; obtaining an inventory of a plurality of compute nodes in a cluster, wherein the inventory identifies each of the compute nodes by a compute node type, and wherein the plurality of compute nodes includes two or more compute node types; determining a percent utilization of each of the compute nodes; for each compute node of an identified compute node type, determining a noise level using the determined percent utilization for the compute node as input into the correlation between percent utilization and noise level for the identified compute node type; calculating an overall noise level of the cluster as a function of the noise level determined for each compute node; and distributing workload among the plurality of compute nodes to reduce the calculated overall noise level.