Patent ID: 9501124
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: for each of a plurality of hardware systems, determining a power cost per unit of measure of a hardware capability for each one of a set of two or more hardware capabilities, and storing said power cost per unit of measure of said hardware capability in a power cost database; for each of a plurality of virtual machines, determining a usage statistic for each said hardware capability of said set of two or more hardware capabilities and applying a usage scenario to determine a usage prediction based on said usage statistic for each said hardware capability by each of said plurality of virtual machines, the usage statistic for each said hardware capability comprising a measure of an amount of each said hardware capability used by each of the plurality of virtual machines; and determining an optimized placement for each of said plurality of virtual machines using a subset of said plurality of hardware systems, said optimized placement being determined at least in part using a total power cost based on each said hardware capability from said power cost database and said usage prediction.