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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian L. Belady, Mercer Island, WA (US);
James R. Larus, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Danny A. Reed, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian H. Borgs, Boston, MA (US);
Jennifer Tour Chayes, Boston, MA (US);
Ilan Lobel, New York, NY (US);
Ishai Menache, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hamid Nazerzadeh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Navendu Jain, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A data center system is described which includes multiple data centers powered by multiple power sources, including any combination of renewable power sources and on-grid utility power sources. The data center system also includes a management system for managing execution of computational tasks by moving data components associated with the computational tasks within the data center system, in lieu of, or in addition to, moving power itself. The movement of data components can involve performing pre-computation or delayed computation on data components within any data center, as well as moving data components between data centers. The management system also includes a price determination module for determining prices for performing the computational tasks based on different pricing models. The data center system also includes a 'stripped down' architecture to complement its use in the above-summarized data-centric environment.