Optimizing data center energy efficiency via ambient-aware IT workload scheduling

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 539-544

  Kumari, Niru ^a   Shah, Amip ^a   Bash, Cullen ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a   Liu, Zhenhua ^a   Wang, Zhikui ^a   Cader, Tahir ^a   Slaby, Matt ^a   Cepulis, Darren ^a   Felix, Carlos ^a   Aviles, Abdiel ^a   Figueroa, Miguel ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

cooling microgrid; data center; energy efficiency; integrated cooling; workload management

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MANAGEMENT; AIR CONDITIONS; ANNUAL SAVINGS; COOLING CAPACITY; COOLING EQUIPMENT; DATA CENTER COOLING; DATA CENTER ENERGY EFFICIENCIES; DATA CENTERS; DIRECT EXPANSION; ECONOMIZATION; ENERGY MODEL; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; INTEGRATED COOLING; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; IT RESOURCES; MICRO GRID; TOTAL ENERGY; VARIABLE COSTS; WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTEGRATION; SCHEDULING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866161091     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2012.6231477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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