Patent ID: 9565790
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H05K

Claim:
1. A method for controlling a system that includes a first group of computers and a second group of computers, the method implemented by one or more processing devices and comprising: receiving a first measurement indicative of a temperature of a first group of computers; receiving a second measurement indicative of a temperature of a second group of computers; calculating a thermal value indicating a risk of failure due to thermal influences for the first group of computers, wherein calculation of the thermal value is based on the first measurement, the second measurement, a configuration of the first group of computers, and one or more thermal influence coefficients, wherein the thermal influence coefficients relate the second measurement to an effect of heat generated by the second group of computers on thermal properties of the first computing device; determining that the calculated thermal value exceeds a threshold; and in response to determining that the calculated thermal value exceeds the threshold, modifying an operational or physical parameter of the system.