Patent ID: 8381005

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing power consumption in an information processing system, comprising: monitoring a plurality of processing loads assigned to a corresponding plurality of processing resources operating in a non-sleep state; reassigning a first processing load assigned to a first processing resource to a second processing resource, wherein said second processing resource comprises a second processing load and a sum of said first and second processing loads does not exceed a capacity of said second processing resource, and said reassignment results in said first processing resource being idle; placing said first processing resource into a first sleep state comprising a first power conservation state and a first revival latency interval; and placing an individual said first processing resource in said first sleep state into a second sleep state comprising a second power conservation state and a second revival latency interval if said second revival latency interval exceeds the sum of said first revival latency intervals corresponding to a plurality of said first processing resources in said first sleep state.