Data center management systems and methods for compute density efficiency measurements

1. A data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system configured to:

over a network, collect data center compute systems, power systems, and facility systems data;

trigger an action based on a diagnosed or predicted condition of the collected compute systems, power systems and facility systems;

control via a compute, power, and facilities module, the compute systems, power systems and facility systems in the data center;

wherein the control via the compute, power, and facilities module comprises calibrating the compute, power, and facility systems based on a determined compute requirement, and a corresponding determined associated power, cooling, and network data resource requirement;

determine, for each compute system resource, a cost per predetermined time unit to deploy and operate the compute system resource; and

wherein the determined compute requirement further comprises determining a compute density efficiency based on the corresponding determined associated power, cooling and network data resource requirement.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to:

apply a cost conversion factor to each cost per predetermined time unit;

for each compute resource, generate an average number of resource units by averaging the number of resource units over a plurality of network infrastructure nodes;

for an application executing on at least one of the network infrastructure nodes, generate a number of resource units used in a predetermined time period; and

generate a total resource consumption by adding the number of units consumed by the application in the predetermined time period for each compute resource.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to:

via a predictive analytics engine configured to communicate over the network, analyze and store collected operational data; and

based on the analyzed, collected operational data, automatically make zero or more adjustments to the compute systems, and based on adjustments to the compute systems, automatically make corresponding adjustments to the power systems, and to the facility systems.

4. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to:

based on the collected data center compute systems, power systems, and facility systems data, determine a future compute systems requirement, a corresponding associated future power systems requirement, and a future facility systems requirement.

5. In a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system comprising a processing unit coupled to a memory element, and having instructions encoded thereon, a method comprising:

over a network, collecting data center compute systems, power systems, and facility systems data;

triggering an action based on a diagnosed or predicted condition of the collected compute systems, power systems and facility systems;

controlling via a compute, power, and facilities module, the compute systems, power systems and facility systems in the data center;

wherein the controlling via the compute, power, and facilities module comprises calibrating the compute, power, and facility systems based on a determined compute requirement, and a corresponding determined associated power, cooling, and network data resource requirement;

determining, for each compute system resource, a cost per predetermined time unit to deploy and operate the compute system resource;

and wherein the determined compute requirement further comprises determining a compute density efficiency based on the corresponding determined associated power, cooling and network data resource requirement.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

applying a cost conversion factor to each cost per predetermined time unit;

for each compute resource, generating an average number of resource units by averaging the number of resource units over a plurality of network infrastructure nodes;

for an application executing on at least one of the network infrastructure nodes, generating a number of resource units used in a predetermined time period; and

generating a total resource consumption by adding the number of units consumed by the application in the predetermined time period for each compute resource.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

via a predictive analytics engine configured to communicate over the network, analyzing and storing collected operational data; and

based on the analyzed, collected operational data, automatically making zero or more adjustments to the compute systems, and based on adjustments to the compute systems, automatically making corresponding adjustments to the power systems, and to the facility systems.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

based on the collected data center compute systems, power systems, and facility systems data, determining a future compute systems requirement, a corresponding associated future power systems requirement, and a future facility systems requirement.

9. A Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) system configured to:

determine a baseline criteria of virtual machine demands and status based on collected real-time and historical demand data;

predicting a future status and demand based on predictive modeling wherein the predictive modelling is based on the collected real-time and historical data;

based on the predictive modeling, dynamically implement an action or actions;

wherein the determined baseline criteria is based on a plurality of Performance Indicators comprising a determined compute density efficiency;

and wherein the Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) system is configurable to accommodate scalable new Performance Indicators.