Data center job migration and scheduling based on server chassis fan speed threshold
View Patent ↗Thermal-based job scheduling among server chassis of a data center including identifying, by a data center management module in dependence upon a threshold fan speed for each server chassis, a plurality of server chassis having servers upon which one or more compute intensive jobs are executing, the data center management module comprising a module of automated computing machinery; identifying, by the data center management module, the compute intensive jobs currently executing on the identified plurality of server chassis; and moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the compute intensive jobs to one or more servers of chassis for compute intensive jobs.
1. A method of thermal-based job scheduling among a plurality of server chassis of a data center, wherein each of the plurality of server chassis has servers upon which one or more compute intensive jobs are executing, the method comprising:
identifying, by a data center management module, one or more of the plurality of server chassis having a current fan speed that exceeds a predetermined threshold fan speed, wherein the data center management module comprising a module of automated computing machinery;
identifying, by the data center management module, the one or more compute intensive jobs currently executing on the identified one or more server chassis by identifying jobs on the identified server chassis which are consuming greater than a threshold value for a resource; and
moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the identified compute intensive jobs to one of the plurality of server chassis in a location in the data center specifically designated as for executing compute intensive jobs.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the identified compute intensive jobs to one of the plurality of servers of chassis for executing compute intensive jobs further comprises moving the identified compute intensive jobs to a server chassis predetermined as designated for compute intensive jobs.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the server chassis to which the execution of compute intensive jobs are moved is a different server chassis than the identified one or more server chassis having servers upon which the one or more compute intensive jobs are identified.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the server chassis to which the execution of compute intensive jobs are moved belongs to a subset of the identified one or more server chassis having servers upon which the one or more compute intensive jobs are identified.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a the one or more compute intensive jobs further comprises identifying jobs on the identified server chassis which are predetermined to be compute intensive.
6. An apparatus for thermal-based job scheduling among a plurality of server chassis of a data center, wherein each of the plurality of server chassis has servers upon which one or more compute intensive jobs are executing, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory storing computer program instructions for:
identifying, by a data center management module, one or more of the plurality of server chassis having a current fan speed that exceeds a predetermined threshold fan speed, wherein the data center management module comprising a module of automated computing machinery;
identifying, by the data center management module, the one or more compute intensive jobs currently executing on the identified one or more server chassis by identifying jobs on the identified server chassis which are consuming greater than a threshold value for a resource; and
moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the identified compute intensive jobs to one of the plurality of server chassis in a location in the data center specifically designated as for executing compute intensive jobs.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein computer program instructions for moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the identified compute intensive jobs to one of the plurality of server chassis for executing compute intensive jobs further comprise computer program instructions for moving the identified compute intensive jobs to a server chassis predetermined as designated for compute intensive jobs.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the server chassis to which the execution of compute intensive jobs are moved is a different server chassis than the identified one or more server chassis having servers upon which the one or more compute intensive jobs are identified.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the server chassis to which the execution of compute intensive jobs are moved belongs to a subset of the one or more server chassis having servers upon which the one or more compute intensive jobs are identified.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein computer program instructions for identifying the one or more compute intensive jobs further comprise computer program instructions for identifying jobs on the identified server chassis which are predetermined to be compute intensive.
11. A computer program product for thermal-based job scheduling among server chassis of a data center, wherein each of the plurality of server chassis has servers upon which one or more compute intensive jobs are executing, and wherein the computer program product is stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and comprises computer program instructions for:
identifying, by a data center management module, one or more of the plurality of server chassis having a current fan speed that exceeds a predetermined threshold fan speed, wherein the data center management module comprising a module of automated computing machinery;
identifying, by the data center management module, the one or more compute intensive jobs currently executing on the identified one or more server chassis by identifying jobs on the identified server chassis which are consuming greater than a threshold value for a resource; and
moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the identified compute intensive jobs to one of the plurality of server chassis in a location in the data center specifically designated as for executing compute intensive jobs.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein computer program instructions for moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the identified compute intensive jobs to one of the plurality of server chassis for executing compute intensive jobs further comprise computer program instructions for moving the identified compute intensive jobs to a server chassis predetermined as designated for compute intensive jobs.
13. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the server chassis to which the execution of compute intensive jobs are moved belongs to a subset of the identified one or more server chassis having servers upon which the one or more compute intensive jobs are identified.
14. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein computer program instructions for identifying the one or more of compute intensive jobs further comprise computer program instructions for identifying jobs on the identified server chassis predetermined to be compute intensive.