APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING DATA-CENTER MANAGEMENT
An apparatus, and an associated methodology, automatically monitors operations at a data center. A metric obtainer collects metrics associated with operation of entities maintained or operated at the data center. The collected metrics are stored at a database whose contents are accessible by an analyzer. The analyzer analyzes the collected data. Analyses are used to manage operations at the data center.
1 . An apparatus for facilitating operation of a data center, said apparatus comprising:
a metric obtainer configured automatically to obtain data-center metrics associated with operations of the data center;
an analyzer configured to analyze the data-center metrics obtained by said metric obtainer; and
a manager configured to manage the operations of the data center response, to analysis made by said analyzer, management of the operations made to optimize a performance criteria.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said manager is configured to manage the operations to optimize a carbon footprint of the data center.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said metric obtainer is configured automatically to obtain application performance related metrics.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said metric obtainer is configured automatically to obtain data center power consumption related metrics.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said metric obtainer is configured automatically to obtain data center equipment related metrics.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a database configured to store data center metrics obtained by said metric obtainer.
7 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said analyzer is configured to analyze data-center metrics retrieved from said database.
8 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said analyzer is further configured to perform predictive analysis of the data-center metrics.
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said analyzer is further configured to analyze changes of a green footprint of the data center.
10 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said analyzer is further configured to perform cost modeling.
11 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said analyzer in further configured to predict a data-center green footprint.
12 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said analyzer is further configured to perform comparative cost modeling.
13 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said manager is further configured to minimize consumption of high-carbon-content power-sourced energy.
14 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a user interface configured to display analysis indicia formed by said analyzer.
15 . A method for facilitating operation of a data center, said method comprising:
automatically obtaining data-center metrics associated with operations of the data center;
analyzing the data-center metrics; and
managing the operations of the data center responsive to analysis of the data center metrics, management of the operations made to optimize a performance criteria.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein said managing comprises managing the operations of the data center to optimize a green footprint of the data center.
17 . The method of claim 15 wherein said analyzing further comprises predicting a data center green footprint pursuant to a modeled data-center use configuration.
18 . The method of claim 15 wherein said analyzing further comprises performing comparative cost modeling.
19 . The method of claim 15 wherein said analyzing further comprises predicting a data-center green footprint.
20 . Monitoring apparatus for monitoring operations at a data center, aid monitoring apparatus comprising:
a server-based data collector configured to collect data-center metrics during production-environment operation of the data center; and
a calculator configured to generate carbon-footprint related indicia associated with data-center operation using the data-center metrics collected by said server-based data collector.