Granted Patent B2

US 8,276,008 · App. 12/855,407 · Granted Sep 25, 2012

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. A method of managing workload, the method comprising:

receiving, at a workload manager, energy consumption information associated with a first data center and a second data center that is geographically distanced from the first data center, the energy consumption information comprising a node-based analysis of at least one of power consumption and temperature;

receiving, at a first time, workload information associated with the first data center and the second data center;

migrating a reservation of compute resources for workload that is scheduled to consume the compute resources in the second data center to yield a new reservation of compute resources in the first data center; and

processing, as controlled by the workload manager, at least part of the workload previously associated with the reservation in the second data center using nodes in the first data center associated with the new reservation based on the energy consumption information and the workload information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising analyzing workload associated with the first data center to yield an analysis of the workload associated with the first data center, wherein transmitting at least part of the workload from the second data center to the first data center is based on the analysis of the workload associated with the first data center.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy consumption information is associated with a component within a node in one of the first data center and the second data center.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the component comprises at least one of a processor, a processor core, a random access memory, a storage device, and a cooling device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy consumption information is based on information further associated with node utilization in each data center of the first data center and the second data center.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy consumption information is based on information further associated with climate conditions associated with at least one of the first data center and the second data center.

7. A system for managing workload, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, perform a method comprising:

receiving, at a workload manager, energy consumption information associated with a first data center and a second data center that is geographically distanced from the first data center, the energy consumption information comprising a node-based analysis of at least one of power consumption and temperature;

receiving, at a first time, an energy consumption profile for workload information associated with at least one of the first data center and the second data center;

migrating a reservation of compute resources for workload that is scheduled to consume the compute resources in the second data center to yield a new reservation of compute resources in the first data center; and

processing, as controlled by the workload manager, at least part of the workload previously associated with the reservation in the second data center using nodes in the first data center that are associated with the new reservation based on the energy consumption information and the energy consumption profile.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, perform a method comprising:

analyzing workload associated with the first data center to yield an analysis of the workload associated with the first data center, wherein transmitting at least part of the workload from the second data center to the first data center is based on the analysis of the workload associated with the first data center.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the energy consumption information is associated with a component within a node in one of the first data center and the second data center.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the component comprises at least one of a processor, a processor core, a random access memory, a storage device, and a cooling device.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the energy consumption information is based on information further associated with node utilization in each data center of the first data center and the second data center.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the energy consumption information is based on information further associated with climate conditions associated with at least one of the first data center and the second data center.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, at a workload manager, energy consumption information associated with a first data center and a second data center that is geographically distanced from the first data center, the energy consumption information comprising a node-based analysis of at least one of power consumption and temperature;

receiving, at a first time, an energy consumption profile for workload information associated with the first data center and the second data center; and

migrating a reservation of compute resources for workload that is scheduled to consume the compute resources in the second data center to yield a new reservation of compute resources in the first data center; and

processing, as controlled by the workload manager, at least part of the workload previously associated with the reservation in the second data center using nodes in one of the first data center and the second data center associated with the new reservation based on the energy consumption information and the energy consumption profile.

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