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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hemanth Kumar Pannem, Bangalore, IN;
Kumar Gaurav, Bangalore, IN;
Bhaskardas Kambivelu, Bangalore, IN;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A power distribution unit having a power supply inputs including mains, secondary, generator, and renewable can be configured to measure how much power is drawn from each of the power supply inputs over a time period and to provide data to a unit rate of power engine indicating the same. A cost information engine can be configured to provide cost information, applicable over the time period, for each of the power supply inputs to the unit rate of power engine. The unit rate of power engine can be configured to compute the unit rate of power consumed in the data center over the time period based on the power drawn from each of the power supply inputs and the cost information.