Patent ID: 8712558

Claim:
A data center management unit for managing and controlling power distribution to computers in a data center, said data center management unit comprising a power inlet, a plurality of power outlets for providing power to respective ones of said computers, and a processor, wherein said data center management unit further comprises memory for storing one or more logged parameters or events, wherein said processor is able to take measures for disaster prevention to avoid power outages of computers or racks of computers in said data center and/or measures for disaster recovery to reboot computers or racks of computers in said data center after a power outage, said measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery including: generating alert messages; de-activating one or more power outlets of said plurality of power outlets; activating one or more power outlets of said plurality of power outlets; and re-activating a power outlet that has been de-activated earlier, wherein said processor is adapted to analyse changes in time of values of said logged parameters or events comprising a comparison of short term values, logged for a short term between zero and fifteen minutes, and long term values, logged for a long term being 1 day or more, of said logged parameters or events, and wherein said processor is adapted to take one or more of said measures for disaster prevention and/or disaster recovery based on said comparison of short term values and long term values of logged parameters or events.