IP Library Granted Patent US 9,411,393
Granted Patent B2
US 9,411,393 · App. 14/702,846 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

System and method for managing energy consumption in a compute environment

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Patent No.
US 9,411,393
App. No.
14/702,846
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are disclosed for managing workload in a data center. The method includes receiving data related to at least one of a current state of workload in the compute environment at a current time and future workload scheduled to consume resources in the compute environment at a future time relative to the current time, wherein the compute environment comprises a plurality of nodes in which compute resources are reserved by a workload manager for consumption, and controlling a cooling system to selectively modify a temperature of at least one node in the compute environment based on the data.

Claims (23)

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving temperature information associated with at least one node in a compute environment at a workload manager;

receiving data about a characteristic of a future workload submitted by a user to be consumed by nodes in the compute environment, the characteristic being related to how the future workload will consume energy relative to other workload; and

controlling a cooling system to selectively modify a temperature of at least one node in the compute environment based on the data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the cooling system is performed via the workload manager.

3. The system of claim 1 , the computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving data associated with a current state of workload in the compute environment and a scheduled workload in the compute environment from a workload manager that reserves resources in the compute environment and implements workload according to reserved resources.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the cooling system further comprises controlling the cooling system to selectively cool a geographic portion of the compute environment.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the workload manager manages reservation of resources in the compute environment and insertion of workload into reserved resources in the compute environment, and wherein the workload manager further controls the cooling system on a geographic basis according to position of nodes in the compute environment.

6. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform further operations comprising:

receiving temperature information associated with at least one node in a compute environment at a workload manager;

receiving data about a characteristic of a future workload submitted by a user to be consumed by nodes in the compute environment, the characteristic being related to how the future workload will consume energy relative to other workload; and

controlling a cooling system to selectively modify a temperature of at least one node in the compute environment based on the data.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein controlling the cooling system is performed via the workload manager.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform further operations comprising:

receiving data associated with a current state of workload in the compute environment and a scheduled workload in the compute environment from a workload manager that reserves resources in the compute environment and implements workload according to reserved resources.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein controlling the cooling system further comprises controlling the cooling system to selectively cool a geographic portion of the compute environment.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the workload manager manages reservation of resources in the compute environment and insertion of workload into reserved resources in the compute environment, and wherein the workload manager further controls the cooling system on a geographic basis according to position of nodes in the compute environment.

11. A method comprising:

receiving temperature information associated with at least one node in a compute environment at a workload manager;

receiving data about a characteristic of a future workload submitted by a user to be consumed by nodes in the compute environment, the characteristic being related to how the future workload will consume energy relative to other workload; and

controlling a cooling system to selectively modify a temperature of at least one node in the compute environment based on the data.

Assignments (9)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: III HOLDINGS 3, LLC
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 048168/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2018
From: III HOLDINGS 12, LLC
To: III HOLDINGS 3, LLC
Reel/Frame 046274/0651 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2018
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES, INC
Reel/Frame 045949/0257 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 7, 2017
From: CLUSTER RESOURCES, INC.
To: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Reel/Frame 043108/0176 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 7, 2017
From: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES, INC. (UT)
To: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES, INC (DE)
Reel/Frame 043108/0283 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 14, 2017
From: JACKSON, DAVID B.
To: CLUSTER RESOURCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 042006/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2016
From: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES, INC.
To: III HOLDINGS 12, LLC
Reel/Frame 040754/0973 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2015
From: JACKSON, DAVID B.
To: CLUSTER RESOURCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035576/0092 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2015
From: CLUSTER RESOURCES, INC.
To: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035602/0926 →