Voltage regulator stress reducing system
View Patent ↗According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling is provided. The method may include receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus. The method may also include identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus. The method may further include identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus. The method may finally include powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components.
1. A method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling, the method comprising:
receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus; and
powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components, wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus is based on the number of times each of the first and the second one or more groups of electrical components has been powered off previously.
2. A method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling, the method comprising:
receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus; and powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components, wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus comprises selecting one group of electrical components from a queue including both the first and the second one or more groups of electrical components.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus comprises removing the first one or more group of electrical components from a head of the queue and placing the first one or more group of electrical components at an end of the queue.
4. A method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling, the method comprising:
receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus; and powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components, wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus is based on determining a propensity to fail from repeated power cycling associated with the first and the second one or more groups of electrical components.
5. A method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling, the method comprising:
receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus; and powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components, wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus is based on a temperature of the electrical components associated with each of the one or more groups of electrical components.
6. A method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling, the method comprising:
receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus; and powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components, wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus is based on a utilization level of one or more computer components associated with each of the one or more groups of electrical components.
7. A computer system for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling, comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus;
identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus; and
powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components, wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus comprises selecting one group of electrical components from a queue including both the first and the second one or more groups of electrical components.
8. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:
generating the queue containing each of the first and the second one or more groups of electrical components;
selecting the first one or more groups of electrical components located at a head of the queue to not be powered off; and
moving the first one or more group of electrical components in the queue to an end of the queue in response to identifying the first and second one or more groups of electrical components.
9. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the identifying of the first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus comprises removing the first one or more group of electrical components from a head of the queue and placing the first one or more group of electrical components at an end of the queue.