Patent ID: 9116897
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for power analysis of a plurality of computing platform components, the method comprising: discovering one or more logical elements associated with at least one physical component of the plurality of computing platform components, the one or more logical elements including at least one of an operating system component associated with the at least one physical component and a virtual machine associated with the at least one physical component; executing, by a computer processor, a process for each physical component of the plurality of computing platform components, the process including: aggregating the estimated power usage of each physical component of the plurality of computing platform components; outputting an indicator of the estimated power usage of the plurality of computing platform components; analyzing the estimated power usage of the plurality of computing platform components; identifying one or more problems responsive to analyzing the estimated power usage of the plurality of computing platform components; generating one or more suggestions to solve the identified one or more problems; and identifying and illustrating the impact of the one or more suggestions.