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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Edward P. Clarke, Jr., Ossining, NY (US);
Lorraine M. Herger, Port Chester, NY (US);
Marcel-catalin Rosu, Ossining, NY (US);
Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Edward P. Clarke, Jr., Ossining, NY (US);
Lorraine M. Herger, Port Chester, NY (US);
Marcel-Catalin Rosu, Ossining, NY (US);
Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing electric power consumption by elements of a distributed computing system comprises: determining one or more system metrics that relate to electric power usage as consumed by elements of a configured distributed environment; determining a system value in response to the one or more system metrics, the value determined according to one or more value criteria; and, while in-progress applications are being run in the computing environment, evaluating one or more potential changes in the distributed computing environment and determining an alternate system value based on the changes; and, re-configuring elements of the distributed computing environment dynamically while the computing environment is operating, in accordance with a determined alternate system value. The re-configuring elements step is in accordance with a potential change operative to alter electric power consumption.