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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Raymond Lloyd, Dublin, IE;
Wanli Min, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Raymond Lloyd, Dublin, IE;
Wanli Min, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for data center analysis are provided. In one aspect, a method for modeling thermal distributions in a data center is provided. The method includes the following steps. Vertical temperature distribution data is obtained for a plurality of locations throughout the data center. The vertical temperature distribution data for each of the locations is plotted as an s-curve, wherein the vertical temperature distribution data reflects physical conditions at each of the locations which is reflected in a shape of the s-curve. Each of the s-curves is represented with a set of parameters that characterize the shape of the s-curve, wherein the s-curve representations make up a knowledge base model of predefined s-curve types from which thermal distributions and associated physical conditions at the plurality of locations throughout the data center can be analyzed.