System and method for automatically determining an optimal power cap value

摘要

Generating an optimal power cap value includes steps of: analyzing power usage of a system for a specified period of time; computing a power consumption value for the system for the specified period of time; and generating the optimal power cap value for the system, using the computed power consumption value. The system should be coupled with a power meter and should support power regulation technology.

主权项

1. A method for generating an optimal power cap value, comprising:
using a processor device performing steps of:
selecting a time period for analyzing power usage of an information processing system;analyzing the power usage of the system for the specified time period, said system supporting power regulation technology and operably coupled with a power meter;computing an average power consumption value for the system for the specified time period; andgenerating the optimal power cap value for the system, using the computed power consumption value, by performing:
calculating a deviation from the average power consumption value for each recorded average power consumption value;discarding all negative deviation values;computing an average of all positive deviation values; andcalculating the optimal power cap value as a sum of the average power consumption value and the average of the positive deviation values; and using the system's power regulation technology, automatically applying the generated optimal power cap value to a component of the system, when it is determined that said generated optimal power cap value is an improvement over a current power usage value.