Core Scientific, Inc.

Core Scientific Operating Company

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions Pte. Ltd.

Ganesh Balakrishnan

Evan Adams

Carla Cortez

Ian Ferreira

Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan

Eric Hullander

Thomas Fuller

Gabrielle Gordon

Aaron Strachan

Chandra Ponneganti

Jorge Rodriguez

A method for automated switching of workloads on computing devices to increase returns such as rewards or transaction fees in a cryptocurrency blockchain network is disclosed. A plurality of signals impacting the profitability of mining for a plurality of different cryptocurrencies and plurality of different mining pools are monitored. In response to the plurality of signals indicating a different cryptocurrency and mining pool combination is more profitable, the computing device workload is automatically switched. Switching cost may be calculated and used to prevent unprofitable switches. The signals may be used to train a machine learning model that may be used to predict future profitability for automatic switching.

Switching of workloads according to switchover cost

A system and method for managing large numbers of computing devices such as cryptocurrency miners in a data center are disclosed. Status values from the computing devices are read and stored into a database, and a Gini coefficient is calculated on a subset of the stored status values. Coefficients beyond a predetermined threshold cause a support ticket to be generated if a support ticket has not already been generated and if the coefficients are not otherwise non-indicative of actual or likely computing device failures.

System and method for health reporting in a data center

A communication network may include a first computer and a second computer configured for communication with each other. The second computer may include a project manager module configured to receive computing projects from the first computer and manage the execution of work tasks for the computing projects. The project manager may throttle performance if needed to prevent negative impact on the performance of other applications also being executed on the second computer, such as a video game. Rewards for performing the work tasks may be automatically converted from a first cryptocurrency to a second currency such as a video game currency.

Communication network for gaming rewards

Systems and methods for reporting health status for a plurality of computing devices such as within a data center are disclosed. A management device connected to the computing devices via a network executes a management application that periodically requests and receives status data from the computing devices. A pool checker may be used to track corresponding pool status data, and an environment checker may periodically request and receive environmental data from environmental sensors for temperature, humidity, and audio. A report generator creates health reports and assigns device health classifications based on the device status data, the environmental data, and the pool health data. The data may be associated with one or more locations and customers, permitting filtering of the report.

Health reporting for computing devices

A system and method for easily managing a data center with multiple computing devices such as cryptocurrency miners from different manufactures is disclosed. A first computer includes a management application to manage the selected computing devices and periodically read and store status information from them into a database. Controls are presented to enable selection of one or more of the devices and to apply an operating mode, including manual, semi-automatic, automatic, and intelligent modes. Machine learning may be used to determine recommended settings for the selected set of computing devices.

System and method for managing computing devices

A management device for managing a plurality of computing devices in a data center may comprise a network interface, a first module that periodically sends health status queries to the computing devices via the network interface, a second module configured to receive responses to the health status queries and collect and store health status data for the computing devices, a third module configured to create support tickets, and/or a fourth module configured to (i) create and periodically update a Cox proportional hazards (CPH) model based on the health status data; (ii) apply a deep neural network (DNN) to the input of the CPH model; (iii) determine a probability of failure for each computing device; (iv) compare each probability of failure with a threshold; and (v) cause the third module to generate a pre-failure support ticket for each computing device having determined probabilities of failure above the threshold.

Automatic repair of computing devices in a data center

A system and method for managing large numbers of computing devices such as cryptocurrency miners in a data center are disclosed. A three-dimensional (3D) model of the data center is created using machine-readable codes. The 3D model includes device and bin location information. Status data is captured from the computing devices, associated with location, stored in a database, and used to populate the 3D model, which is rendered in various two-dimensional and 3D views to provide the user with information helpful in managing the data center.

System and method for visually managing computing devices in a data center

A system and method for automating management and repair of a plurality of computing devices located in a data center is disclosed. Health status queries are issued for one or more of the computing devices. If responses not indicative of good device health are received, one or more repair instructions are automatically sent to the unhealthy computing device to repair the computing device by moving it to an acceptable state. If the repair instructions are not successful, a support ticket is automatically generated for the corresponding computing device or devices. Problematic statuses across areas of the data center may be detected and ticketed in addition to individual problematic devices. So-called repeat offender devices may be detected and ticketed even if the repair instructions are successful.

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Ganesh Balakrishnan