Patent ID: 8594955
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for establishing a power profile of power consuming components of computer system configurations for generating electrical ratings, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer processor to perform the steps of: receiving, by a power profiling module, a power profile that includes the power consumption of a previous configuration for the computer system; receiving, by the power profiling module, measured power consumption of a present configuration for the computer system, wherein the present configuration for the computer system includes one or more additional power consuming components not included in the previous configuration for the computer system; calculating, by the power profiling module in dependence upon the measured power consumption for the present configuration, an estimated power rating for the one or more additional power consuming components not included in the previous configuration; and recording, by the power profiling module in the power profile, estimated power ratings for the one or more additional power consuming components not included in the previous configuration, wherein the number of configurations of the computer system for which power consumption is measured is less than the number of possible configurations of the computer system.