Patent ID: 9501115
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for optimizing power consumption of a data center by dynamic workload adjustment, said method comprising: generating, by a processor of a computer system, at least one candidate workload solution for the data center, wherein each candidate workload solution represents a respective application map that specifies a respective workload distribution among application programs of the data center; said processor calculating a respective temperature profile for said each candidate workload solution by use of a thermal model of the data center, wherein a respective maximum temperature of the data center associated with the respective temperature profile determines a respective power cost of said each candidate workload solution; and said processor dynamically adjusting workload of the data center from a current workload distribution to an optimal workload solution, wherein the optimal workload solution is a candidate workload solution of the at least one candidate workload solution having a lowest sum of a respective power cost and a respective migration cost, said dynamically adjusting comprising: