Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090217073 | SYSTEM FOR MODULATING SIGNALS OVER POWER LINES TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER DISTRIBUTION TREE - A power distribution system comprises an input power line configured to supply power produced by a power source, one or more power distribution components operatively connected to receive power supplied by the power source, one or more intelligent system resources, and a power management component. Each power distribution component has one or more power outputs for distributing power along a power line connected thereto and is configured to modulate a carrier signal containing identification data along the power line connected to each output. Each system resource is operatively connected to receive power distributed by at least one of the one or more power distribution components. Each system resource is configured to receive and demodulate the carrier signal modulated by each power distribution component from which it receives power, generate a list of each power distribution component from which it receives power, and pass the list to a system bus. The power management component is configured to receive and process each list from the system bus to generate a mapping of the at least power distribution component from which each system resource receives power. | 08-27-2009 |
20120180055 | OPTIMIZING ENERGY USE IN A DATA CENTER BY WORKLOAD SCHEDULING AND MANAGEMENT - Techniques are described for scheduling received tasks in a data center in a manner that accounts for operating costs of the data center. Embodiments of the invention generally include comparing cost-saving methods of scheduling a task to the operating parameters of completing a task—e.g., a maximum amount of time allotted to complete a task. If the task can be scheduled to reduce operating costs (e.g., rescheduled to a time when power is cheaper) and still be performed within the operating parameters, then that cost-saving method is used to create a workload plan to implement the task. In another embodiment, several cost-saving methods are compared to determine the most profitable. | 07-12-2012 |
20120290135 | UNIFIED AND FLEXIBLE CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DATA CENTER COOLING MECHANISMS - Techniques are described for controlling the climate in a data center. Using the input of an administrator, multiple desired attributes of a data center (e.g., temperature, energy consumption, costs, or system performance) may be balanced using a utility function that maximizes the utility of the computing systems in the data center according to the administrator's preferences. Additionally, a cooling model is generated that represents the affect of a control parameter (e.g., the fan speed of a CRAC) on the desire attributes of the data center. The cooling model may then be substituted into the utility function to replace the desired attributes. Using this new utility function, the control parameters may be varied such that the maximum utility is achieved. | 11-15-2012 |
20130104136 | OPTIMIZING ENERGY USE IN A DATA CENTER BY WORKLOAD SCHEDULING AND MANAGEMENT - Techniques are described for scheduling received tasks in a data center in a manner that accounts for operating costs of the data center. Embodiments of the invention generally include comparing cost-saving methods of scheduling a task to the operating parameters of completing a task—e.g., a maximum amount of time allotted to complete a task. If the task can be scheduled to reduce operating costs (e.g., rescheduled to a time when power is cheaper) and still be performed within the operating parameters, then that cost-saving method is used to create a workload plan to implement the task. In another embodiment, several cost-saving methods are compared to determine the most profitable. | 04-25-2013 |
20130151652 | DATA SERVICES USING LOCATION PATTERNS AND INTELLIGENT CACHING - Pre-caching may decrease the response time necessary for a wireless communication network to fulfill a user request. Pre-caching includes predicting what data the user will request next and preemptively fetching that data from a network (e.g., the Internet). Additionally, the wireless communication network may predict the geographic location of the mobile device when it makes the request. Instead of pre-caching the data in the memory of the mobile device, the data may be stored at a wireless access point that has a radiation pattern that covers the predicted geographic location of the mobile device. Once the wireless access point receives the request from the mobile device for the pre-cached data, the pre-cached data may be transmitted wirelessly to the mobile device, thereby avoiding having to forward the request to rest of the communication network. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151654 | DATA SERVICES USING LOCATION PATTERNS AND INTELLIGENT CACHING - Pre-caching may decrease the response time necessary for a wireless communication network to fulfill a user request. Pre-caching includes predicting what data the user will request next and preemptively fetching that data from a network (e.g., the Internet). Additionally, the wireless communication network may predict the geographic location of the mobile device when it makes the request. Instead of pre-caching the data in the memory of the mobile device, the data may be stored at a wireless access point that has a radiation pattern that covers the predicted geographic location of the mobile device. Once the wireless access point receives the request from the mobile device for the pre-cached data, the pre-cached data may be transmitted wirelessly to the mobile device, thereby avoiding having to forward the request to rest of the communication network. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159039 | DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE - A change management system issues work tickets that list particular procedures for performing an action, for example, in a data center. If these procedures are not followed precisely, then an outage may occur. Advantageously, the change management system may be communicatively coupled to an infrastructure management system for verifying that the procedures were performed properly. For any work ticket that involves support devices (e.g., power supplies or cooling mechanisms) that are monitored by the infrastructure management system, the change management system may send a request to the infrastructure management system to verify that these support devices are in the correct mode or state. If not, the change management system may refuse to close the ticket and instruct a technician to change the support device to the proper condition. This may prevent outages that occur from a technician failing to follow the procedures detailed by the change management system. | 06-20-2013 |
20150071173 | DATA SERVICES USING LOCATION PATTERNS AND INTELLIGENT CACHING - Pre-caching may decrease the response time necessary for a wireless communication network to fulfill a user request. Pre-caching includes predicting what data the user will request next and preemptively fetching that data from a network (e.g., the Internet). Additionally, the wireless communication network may predict the geographic location of the mobile device when it makes the request. Instead of pre-caching the data in the memory of the mobile device, the data may be stored at a wireless access point that has a radiation pattern that covers the predicted geographic location of the mobile device. Once the wireless access point receives the request from the mobile device for the pre-cached data, the pre-cached data may be transmitted wirelessly to the mobile device, thereby avoiding having to forward the request to rest of the communication network. | 03-12-2015 |