Power efficiency-aware node component assembly
View Patent ↗Sub-components assembled into a computer are selected based on sub-component power efficiency levels (for example, low, medium, high) and/or anticipated usage of the computer. Multiple units of each type of sub-component (for example, a CPU) are tested to determine a power efficiency level of each unit. Computers in which sub-component efficiency levels are desired to match an overall computer efficiency level, receive sub-component units of corresponding efficiency level. Computers anticipated to run applications that make intensive use of a given type of sub-component receive the given units having a higher efficiency level. Computers anticipated to run applications that make little use of a given type of sub-component receive a physical unit having a lower efficiency level. Computers anticipated to run a wide variety of applications of no particular usage intensity for a given type of sub-component, receive a unit having an average efficiency level.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a component efficiency dataset that includes component efficiency information pertaining to a plurality of computer components of a given type, including a first component and a second component, wherein the component efficiency dataset includes a collective efficiency metric pertaining to the plurality of computer components;
receiving a component requirements profile corresponding to a computer application;
determining the first component has a first efficiency metric that is less than the collective efficiency metric;
determining the second component has a second efficiency metric that is greater than the collective efficiency metric;
selecting the first component and the second component for installation into a computer assembly;
producing a computer assembly specification;
sending the computer assembly specification to an automated assembly workstation interface;
receiving a completed computer assembly configuration dataset that represents a configuration of an assembled computer;
automatically verifying information in the completed computer assembly configuration dataset corresponds to information in the computer assembly specification; and
specifying a physical placement within a computing facility where the assembled computer is to be installed based at least in part on the configuration of the assembled computer.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer assembly specification includes information that: (i) uniquely identifies the computer assembly; and (ii) uniquely identifies the first computer component and the second computer component.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the first computer component failed during operation of the computer assembly; and
in response to determining that the first computer component failed, replacing the first computer component with a replacement computer component having an efficiency metric that matches the first efficiency metric within a threshold tolerance.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first efficiency metric includes a rate of energy dissipated by the first computer component while the selected computer component operates under specified operating conditions.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component requirement profile includes information indicative of a plurality of workload levels imposed on a respectively corresponding plurality of computer components, including the selected computer component, during execution of the computer application by the computer assembly.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
automatically verifying information in the completed computer assembly configuration dataset corresponds to information in the computer assembly specification comprises using a technique selected from the group consisting of: machine vision, radio frequency identification, and reading identification information encoded in a memory chip.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the collective efficiency metric comprises an arithmetic mean of a plurality of efficiency metrics respectively pertaining to the plurality of computer components.
8. A computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions to perform:
receiving a component efficiency dataset that includes component efficiency information pertaining to a plurality of computer components of a given type, including a first component and a second component, wherein the component efficiency dataset includes a collective efficiency metric pertaining to the plurality of computer components;
receiving a component requirements profile corresponding to a computer application;
determining the first component has a first efficiency metric that is less than the collective efficiency metric;
determining the second component has a second efficiency metric that is greater than the collective efficiency metric;
selecting the first component and the second component for installation into a computer assembly;
producing a computer assembly specification;
sending the computer assembly specification to an automated assembly workstation interface;
receiving a completed computer assembly configuration dataset that represents a configuration of an assembled computer;
automatically verifying information in the completed computer assembly configuration dataset corresponds to information in the computer assembly specification; and
specifying a physical placement within a computing facility where the assembled computer is to be installed based at least in part on the configuration of the assembled computer.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the computer assembly specification includes information that: (i) uniquely identifies the computer assembly; and (ii) uniquely identifies the first computer component and the second computer component.
10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions to perform:
determining that the first computer component failed during operation of the computer assembly; and
in response to determining that the first computer component failed, replacing the first computer component with a replacement computer component having an efficiency metric that matches the first efficiency metric within a threshold tolerance.
11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first efficiency metric includes a rate of energy dissipated by the first computer component while the selected computer component operates under specified operating conditions.
12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the component requirement profile includes information indicative of a plurality of workload levels imposed on a respectively corresponding plurality of computer components, including the selected computer component, during execution of the computer application by the computer assembly.
13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein:
automatically verifying information in the completed computer assembly configuration dataset corresponds to information in the computer assembly specification comprises using a technique selected from the group consisting of: machine vision, radio frequency identification, and reading identification information encoded in a memory chip.
14. The computer program product claim 8 wherein the collective efficiency metric comprises an arithmetic mean of a plurality of efficiency metrics respectively pertaining to the plurality of computer components.
15. A computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer-readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to perform:
receiving a component efficiency dataset that includes component efficiency information pertaining to a plurality of computer components of a given type, including a first component and a second component, wherein the component efficiency dataset includes a collective efficiency metric pertaining to the plurality of computer components;
receiving a component requirements profile corresponding to a computer application;
determining the first component has a first efficiency metric that is less than the collective efficiency metric;
determining the second component has a second efficiency metric that is greater than the collective efficiency metric;
selecting the first component and the second component for installation into a computer assembly;
producing a computer assembly specification;
sending the computer assembly specification to an automated assembly workstation interface;
receiving a completed computer assembly configuration dataset that represents a configuration of an assembled computer;
automatically verifying information in the completed computer assembly configuration dataset corresponds to information in the computer assembly specification; and
specifying a physical placement within a computing facility where the assembled computer is to be installed based at least in part on the configuration of the assembled computer.
16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the computer assembly specification includes information that: (i) uniquely identifies the computer assembly;
and (ii) uniquely identifies the first computer component and the second computer component.
17. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions to perform:
determining that the first computer component failed during operation of the computer assembly; and
in response to determining that the first computer component failed, replacing the first computer component with a replacement computer component having an efficiency metric that matches the first efficiency metric within a threshold tolerance.
18. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the first efficiency metric includes a rate of energy dissipated by the first computer component while the selected computer component operates under specified operating conditions.
19. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the component requirement profile includes information indicative of a plurality of workload levels imposed on a respectively corresponding plurality of computer components, including the selected computer component, during execution of the computer application by the computer assembly.
20. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein:
automatically verifying information in the completed computer assembly configuration dataset corresponds to information in the computer assembly specification comprises using a technique selected from the group consisting of: machine vision, radio frequency identification, and reading identification information encoded in a memory chip.