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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
David John Bradley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard Edwin Harper, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven Wade Hunter, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for managing power consumption of multiple computer servers is disclosed. The current workload information and the current capacity information of a group of computer servers within a computer server pool are determined. A short term history and a long term history of the workload information are then built based on the determined workload information. Next, the information regarding short-term variations in workload is determined. Similarly, the information regarding long-term variations in workload is determined. Based on a combination of the above-mentioned determined short-term and long-term information, at least one of the computer servers is powered on or powered off.