Arrangement for managing data center operations to increase cooling efficiency

摘要

A method includes a step of obtaining efficiency characteristic information for each of a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers. The method also includes employing one or more processing units to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers based on the efficiency characteristic information.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
a) obtaining efficiency characteristic information for each of a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers, the efficiency characteristic information including information representative of an efficiency performance curve for a range of variable cooling output; and b) employing one or more processing units to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers that is already operating, based on the efficiency characteristic information; and wherein the efficiency characteristic information includes information representative of a change in power consumption as a function of a change in the cooling output for an operating air conditioning unit.