Patent ID: 8756441

Claim:
A system for monitoring power usage in a data storage environment, the system comprising: a data storage system; a power monitor coupled to the data storage system between a power source for the data storage system and the data storage system and configured to monitor power consumption of the data storage system; a database in communication with the power monitor in order to communicate the monitored power consumption to the database; and computer-executable program code operating in memory coupled with a processor in communication with the database, wherein the computer-executable program code is configured to enable a processor to execute logic to: receive, at the database, power consumption information about the monitored power consumption of the data storage system from a monitor module and the power monitor module; wherein the monitor module measures power usage at an application level; wherein the application level is enabled to include virtual machines; wherein the power monitor measures power usage at the data storage level; correlate associative information from the monitor module and the power monitor module of the data storage relating to processor utilization per virtual machine; wherein the database is enabled to correlate information received from the power monitor through a wireless connection with associate information received from the monitor module of the data storage system to enable a determination of power usage per Virtual Machine (VM); and display the monitored power consumption information to a user.