Patent ID: 6925573

Claim:
A method, comprising: monitoring a level of power consumption of a system; and when the monitored level of power consumption of the system violates a power consumption policy, adjusting power consumption of one or more components in the system until the level of power consumption of the system does not violate the power consumption policy, wherein the power consumption policy includes a high threshold and a low threshold, and wherein the power consumption policy is violated when the monitored level of power consumption is beyond a range between the high threshold and the low threshold, wherein adjusting the power consumption of the one or more components in the system includes: determining if the monitored level of power consumption violates a high threshold; when the monitored level of power consumption violates the high threshold, reducing the power consumption of the one or more components in the system without having to power off the one or more components; when the monitored level of power consumption does not violate the high threshold, determining if the power consumption of the one or more components in the system has been previously reduced; and when the power consumption of the one or more components in the system has been previously reduced, allowing the power consumption of the one or more components to increase.