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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kumar Gaurav, Bangalore, IN;
Hemanth Kumar Pannem, Bangalore, IN;
Bhaskardas Kambivelu, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4893 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); Y02B 60/10 (2013.01); Y02B 60/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems of determining an optimum power-consumption profile for virtual machines running in a data center are disclosed. In one aspect, a power-consumption profile of a virtual machine and a unit-rate profile of electrical power cost over a period are received. The methods determine an optimum power-consumption profile based on the power-consumption profile and the unit-rate profile. The optimum power-consumption profile may be used reschedule the virtual machine over the period.