Information processing device and management device
Power consumption of a cooling fan of an information processing device is reduced. A processor reduces a speed of the cooling fan provided in the information processing device, and controls the cooling fan at a first speed when there is no problem with the operation of the information processing device, the first speed being obtained by reducing the speed of the cooling fan. An interface transmits first information indicating the first speed to a management device. The processor receives second information indicating a second speed from the management device that associates the first speed with identification information identifying the information processing device and stores therein the first information indicating the first speed and the identification information, and controls the speed of the cooling fan according to the second speed when the second speed is lower than the first speed.
1. An information processing device comprising:
a processor configured to change, at a predetermined timing, a speed of a cooling fan provided in the information processing device from an initial speed, and to control the cooling fan at a first speed when there is no problem with an operation of the information processing device; and
an interface configured to transmit first information indicating the first speed to a management device, wherein
the processor
receives second information indicating a second speed from the management device that associates the first speed with identification information identifying the information processing device and stores therein the first information indicating the first speed and the identification information, and
updates the initial speed to the second speed when the second speed is lower than the first speed.
2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the interface transmits information that indicates a type of the information processing device to the management device, and
the processor receives, from the management device, third information indicating a third speed that is a speed of another cooling fan provided in another information processing device whose type is identical to that of the information processing device, and updates the initial speed to the third speed when the third speed is lower than the first speed.
3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a temperature sensor configured to measure temperatures in the information processing device, wherein
the interface receives, from the management device, fourth information indicating a fourth speed of the cooling fan that has a condition consistent with temperature information measured by the temperature sensor when the cooling fan is operating at the first speed, and updates the initial speed to the fourth speed when the fourth speed is lower than the first speed, the fourth speed being included in cooling-fan-speed information in which the first speed is associated with the temperature information and that is stored in the management device.
4. A management device comprising:
a memory configured to store first information indicating a first speed of a cooling fan that is controlled according to a temperature measured by an information processing device, the cooling fan being controlled to change, at a predetermined timing, a speed of the cooling fan from an initial speed;
a reception interface configured to receive second information indicating a second speed of the cooling fan that is used for maintaining an acceptable temperature for an operation of the information processing device; and
a transmission interface configured to store the second information indicating the second speed in the memory when the second speed is lower than the first speed, and to transmit, to the information processing device, the second information indicating the second speed used as a speed of the cooling fan of the information processing device when the second speed is higher than the first speed, the second information being used by the information processing device to update the initial speed to the second speed.