Patent ID: 7818621
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of determining an optimal order for rebooting a plurality of servers in a data center, said method comprising: automatically detecting, by a computing unit of a computing system and subsequent to an abnormal shutdown event in a data center, a restoration of power capable of being available for a rebooting of a plurality of servers in said data center, said abnormal shutdown event being said data center experiencing an unplanned power outage of said power capable of being available for said rebooting; automatically and dynamically determining, by a program executing in said computing system and in response to said automatically detecting, an order for said rebooting of said plurality of servers, said automatically and dynamically determining said order including applying a policy based on a comparison of commitments for a plurality of uptimes of said plurality of servers, said commitments designated by a plurality of service level agreements (SLAs), said SLAs associated with said servers in a one-to-one correspondence; and rebooting said plurality of servers in said order.