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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Stephen Ho, Fremont, CA (US);
Kenny C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Aleksey M. Urmanov, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen Ho, Fremont, CA (US);
Kenny C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Aleksey M. Urmanov, San Diego, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that controls a power utilization of a computer system by adjusting a cooling fan speed. During operation, a relationship between information related to the cooling fan speed and the power utilization is determined. Then, the cooling fan speed is adjusted based on the determined relationship to control the power utilization of the computer system.