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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bryan T. Preas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maurice K. Chu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Haitham Hindi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nitin S. Parekh, Los Altos, CA (US);
James E. Reich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bryan T. Preas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maurice K. Chu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Haitham Hindi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nitin S. Parekh, Los Altos, CA (US);
James E. Reich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A power control system in a data center has a plurality of physical servers, each server having a local controller, at least one virtual server coupled to at least some of the physical servers, and a central controller to control task loading on the physical servers through the virtual servers. A method of controlling power consumption in a data center includes receiving inputs from local controllers residing on loads, the inputs including data about power consumption on the loads, receiving as an input at least one quality of service requirement, and allocating tasks to at least one server based upon the quality of service and the power consumption on the loads.