Dynamic selection of server states for servers in a cluster of servers

摘要

Techniques for dynamically selecting a server state for one or more servers in a cluster of servers are provided. The techniques include tracking each active and sleep state of each server in a cluster of servers, and selecting a server state for one or more servers in the cluster of servers to meet one or more workload level requirements of the cluster of servers, wherein selecting a server state for one or more servers comprises scheduling a transition between one or more active and sleep states for the one or more servers, wherein scheduling the transition comprises using power consumption information for each state and transition time information for each transition.