Virtual machine migration according to environmental data

摘要

Embodiments are directed to virtual machine migration according to environmental data in a data center. One embodiment is a method that analyzes environmental data for a data center having plural servers and migrates virtual machines among the servers to increase cooling efficiency in the data center.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a controller, temperature data for servers in a data center, wherein receiving the temperature data comprises receiving inlet and outlet temperatures of the servers; migrating, by the controller, a virtual machine from a first server to a second server to reduce a temperature at the first server; collecting supply air temperatures for one or more computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units in the data center; using, by the controller, the supply air temperatures and the inlet and outlet temperatures to determine an area in the data center to move the virtual machine to reduce cooling costs for the data center.