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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2002
Applicants:

David John Bradley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Richard Edwin Harper, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Steven Wade Hunter, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

David John Bradley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Richard Edwin Harper, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Steven Wade Hunter, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F001/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for managing power consumption of multiple computer servers is disclosed. The number of computer servers required to meet a current workload demand is initially determined. Next, a thermally optimized configuration of powered-on computer servers to meet the current workload demand is determined. At least one computer server is powered on or powered off, based on the thermally optimized configuration.


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