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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2009
Applicants:

Clifford A. Mccarthy, Plano, TX (US);

Zhikui Wang, Fremont, CA (US);

Troy Miller, Plano, TX (US);

Tom Turicchi, Dallas, TX (US);

Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Fremont, CA (US);

Xiaoyun Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vanish Talwar, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Clifford A. McCarthy, Plano, TX (US);

Zhikui Wang, Fremont, CA (US);

Troy Miller, Plano, TX (US);

Tom Turicchi, Dallas, TX (US);

Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Fremont, CA (US);

Xiaoyun Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vanish Talwar, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Power consumption of a group of computer systems is managed based on a maximum power consumption for the group. A power budget is determined from the power consumption of each computer system and the maximum power consumption for the group. The power budget identifies a power cap for each computer system in the group. The power caps in the power budget are distributed to the computer systems in the group.


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