Patent ID: 8566619

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a plurality of data queries that operate on a heat-intensive dataset, wherein the dataset is related to heat generation at a source storage device exceeding a heat rise limit, wherein the source storage device hosts the heat-intensive dataset; determining a plurality of access plans that correspond to the plurality of data queries; computing an overall power consumption of the plurality of access plans; determining that the overall power consumption exceeds a power consumption threshold; selecting a first cooling area of a plurality of cooling areas to accommodate the heat generation based, at least in part, on cooling characteristics of a plurality of cooling appliances of the plurality of cooling areas, wherein each cooling area of the plurality of cooling areas is serviced by a set of one or more cooling appliances of the plurality of cooling appliances, wherein the source storage device is associated with a second cooling area, wherein the second cooling area is serviced by a set of cooling appliances that is different than the set of cooling appliances that service the first cooling area; determining a target storage device associated with the first cooling area; and moving the heat-intensive dataset from the source storage device to the target storage device.