Patent ID: 8684802
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F,H05K,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for balancing thermal variations within a set of computer systems in a datacenter, comprising: determining a calibration factor for at least one computer in the set of computers based on a class for the at least one computer, wherein the class comprises one or more other computer systems; using the calibration factor to calibrate an estimated power consumption for the at least one computer, wherein the calibration factor is applied to any other computer system in the class to calibrate an estimated power consumption for the other computer system; obtaining a thermal-flux map for the set of computer systems, wherein, for each individual computer in the set of computer systems, the thermal flux map comprises at least two spatial dimensions specifying a location for the individual computer in a three-dimensional space and a power density dimension which specifies a real-time power consumption for the individual computer system; analyzing the thermal-flux map to determine whether one or more imbalances exist in the thermal flux across the set of computer systems; and adjusting at least one of, the scheduling of loads across the set of computer systems, and air conditioning within the datacenter, so that the thermal flux is more balanced across the set of computer systems based on an output of the analyzing.