Power management apparatus and method

摘要

An information processing apparatus and method include measuring power consumptions of devices and outputting power consumption data, receiving operational conditions of the devices for measuring the power consumptions of the devices, setting the operational conditions of the devices according to application-setting conditions, and executing an application program to measure reference power consumptions for executing the application program. The information processing apparatus includes a power consumption data-transmitting section transmitting power consumption data, a normalized power consumption-calculating section receiving normalized reference power consumption calculated from reference power consumptions of information processing apparatuses, and calculating normalized power consumption from the normalized reference power consumption and the reference power consumptions.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a power management server, the information processing apparatus comprising:
devices operating therein; a processor executing an operation including:
measuring power consumptions of the devices and outputting power consumption data;receiving, from the power management server, application-setting conditions designating operational conditions of the devices for measuring the power consumptions of the devices, setting the operational conditions of the devices according to the application-setting conditions, and executing an application program to measure reference power consumptions of the devices for executing the application program;transmitting the power consumption data outputted to the power management server, the power consumption data including the reference power consumptions;receiving, from the power management server, normalized reference power consumption calculated from reference power consumptions of a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected with the power management server, and calculating a normalized power consumption from the normalized reference power consumption and the reference power consumptions using variation of characteristics of the information processing apparatuses; andindicating the normalized power consumption and identifying conditions among the operational conditions set that are needed to maintain a target power consumption across the variation of characteristics of the plurality of information processing apparatuses.