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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Navendu Jain, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles J. Williams, Bothell, WA (US);
James Larus, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dan Reed, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Navendu Jain, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles J. Williams, Bothell, WA (US);
James Larus, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dan Reed, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The described implementations relate to energy-aware server management. One implementation involves an adaptive control unit configured to manage energy usage in a server farm by transitioning individual servers between active and inactive states while maintaining response times for the server farm at a predefined level.