METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMUM ORDER FOR REBOOTING A PLURALITY OF SERVERS IN DATA CENTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method to be executed by a computer to determine an optimum order for rebooting a plurality of servers in a data center.

SOLUTION: After an abnormal shutdown event in the data center 102, a power restoration management (PRM) server 106 detects restoration of power capable of being available for rebooting of servers in the data center 102. A power restoration management program automatically and dynamically determines an optimum order for rebooting the servers. Provided that the order is a result of applying policies based on weighted factors. The PRM server 106 or a manual process reboots the servers in the predetermined order. The rebooting includes an enhancement of a financial position of an organizational entity associated with the data center. The enhancement of the financial position increases a financial profit of the organizational entity or decreases a financial loss of the organizational entity.

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