Dynamic provisioning in next-generation data centers with on-site power production

e-Energy 2013 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 137-148

  Tu, Jinlong ^a   Lu, Lian ^a   Chen, Minghua ^a   Sitaraman, Ramesh K ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^c AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

data centers; dynamic provisioning; on site power production; online algorithm

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTERS; DETERMINISTIC ONLINE ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROVISIONING; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; JOINT OPTIMIZATION; ON-LINE ALGORITHMS; ON-SITE GENERATORS; POWER PRODUCTION;

COST REDUCTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES; OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84878659129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2487166.2487182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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