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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2023
Netapp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Eugene Stabler, Durham, NC (US);
Edward John Barron, Ii, Pepperell, MA (US);
Chris Boyd Grindstaff, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael James Rydeen, Fremont, NH (US);
NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various mechanisms and workflows are described that can utilize power and/or carbon footprint-based metrics to manage storage unit usage and/or configuration, which can provide a more efficient and environmentally friendly computing environment. In some example configurations, storage system management mechanisms collect power consumption for storage units (e.g., individual drives, storage shelfs, nodes, clusters) and can utilize the power consumption information with other storage unit characteristics to generate power and carbon footprint metrics.