Patent ID: 7865460

Claim:
A method for dispatching incoming source data from one or more source databases to one or more destination databases, wherein the source and destination databases carry out one or more transactions, comprising: receiving first, second or more incoming sets of source data from one or more source databases into a dispatch server; determining a plurality of candidates for the one or more destination databases; evaluating the plurality of candidates for the destination database by determining average power consumption per transaction of each candidate; selecting a first destination database candidate having lowest power consumption per transaction; determining if the selected first destination database candidate has available space for the first, second or more incoming sets of source data; if space is available, determining if the selected first destination database candidate meets predefined criteria; if the predefined criteria are met, dispatching the first, second or more incoming sets of source data to the selected first destination database candidate; continuing to receive new sets of incoming source data; and repeating the method for each new set of incoming source data.