System for managing computers and pieces of software allocated to and executed by the computers

摘要

A management system for managing a plurality of computers and a plurality of pieces of software in a computer center includes: a selection data storage part for storing data regarding allocation destination selection, the data including at least either one of operation data and temperature data, wherein the operation data represent states of execution of the pieces of software by the computers, respectively, and temperature data represent temperature distribution in the computers; an instruction generation part for extracting an overheated computer that is assumed to emit more heat as compared with the other computers, and a less-heated computer that is assumed to emit less heat as compared with the other computers, by using the data regarding allocation destination selection, and generating an instruction for relocating at least a part of a piece of software allocated to the overheated computer to the less-heated computer; and an instruction part for outputting the instruction. This makes it possible to save energy for cooling the computers.

主权项

1. A management system for, in a computer center in which a plurality of computers including hardware are provided, managing the computers and pieces of software allocated to and executed by the computers, respectively, the management system comprising:
a selection data storage unit to store data regarding allocation destination selection, the data including at least one of operation data and temperature data, wherein the operation data including sets of operation data, each set representing a load applied to each computer by each software allocated thereto, and the temperature data represent temperature distribution in the computers; an instruction generation unit to extract, from the computers, an overheated computer in which at least one of the load represented by the operation data and the temperature represented by the temperature data satisfies a predetermined overheated condition for determining the overheated computer that emits more heat as compared with the other computers, and a less-heated computer in which at least one of the load represented by the operation data and the temperature represented by the temperature data satisfies a predetermined less-heated condition for determining the less-heated computer that emits less heat as compared with the other computers and generate an instruction for relocating at least a part of the piece of software allocated to and executed by the overheated computer to the less-heated computer; and an instruction unit for outputting the instruction, wherein the instruction generation unit extracts the overheated computer and the less-heated computer according to a condition that computers whose distance is less than a predetermined amount should not be extracted as the overheated computer and the less-heated computer.