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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Shinichi Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Taguchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Katsumi Ouchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Shiga, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Kato, Akishima, JP;
Jun Okitsu, Kodaira, JP;
Tadakatsu Nakajima, Kasumigaura, JP;
Shinichi Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Taguchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Katsumi Ouchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Shiga, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Kato, Akishima, JP;
Jun Okitsu, Kodaira, JP;
Tadakatsu Nakajima, Kasumigaura, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Arrangements reducing power consumption of an air conditioner and a storage device. A control method with a management server apparatus for a plurality of storage devices and an air conditioner includes calculating plural combinations of allocating the work amount to the plurality of storage devices, calculating the heating value of each storage device included in the plurality of storage devices for each of the plural combinations, calculating the quantity of heat conducted to the air conditioner, based on the heating value and positional information of the plurality of storage devices and the air conditioner, calculating the power consumption to cool the quantity of heat conducted to the air conditioner, selecting a combination included in the plural combinations based on the power consumption of the air conditioner, and issuing a move of the data stored in a first storage device to a second storage device, based on the selected combination.