公开(公告)号：US20090077398A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US11857257

申请日：2007-09-18

申请人： Patrick Maurice Bland ,  Yiyu Chen ,  Angela Beth Dalton ,  Amitayu Das ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Patrick Maurice Bland ,  Yiyu Chen ,  Angela Beth Dalton ,  Amitayu Das ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F1/32

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3209 ,  G06F1/324 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/329 ,  G06F1/3296 ,  G06F9/5083 ,  G06F9/5094 ,  G06F2209/5019 ,  G06F2209/508 ,  Y02D10/126 ,  Y02D10/171 ,  Y02D10/172 ,  Y02D10/22 ,  Y02D10/24

摘要： An improved method is provided for managing workload on a multi-server computer system. In one embodiment, a subset of servers is selected according to an anticipated net workload. The remaining servers in the system may be powered off to conserve energy and prolong equipment life. Workload is dynamically apportioned among the subset of servers at selected intervals to more uniformly distribute the mean and variance of the workload among the subset of servers. More particularly, the mean and the variance for each of a plurality of workload units are equally weighed in determining a ranking of the workload units. The workload units may be ordered according to a mathematical combination of the mean and variance, such as the sum or product of mean and variance for each workload unit. The workload units are allocated among the subset of servers in according to rank, such as by assigning the workload units to the servers in a reverse round-robin fashion according to rank. Predictive power management schemes such as DVS and DVFS may then be used to control power to the servers.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于管理多服务器计算机系统上的工作负载的改进方法。 在一个实施例中，根据预期的净工作负荷选择服务器的子集。 系统中的其余服务器可能会关闭电源，以节省能源并延长设备使用寿命。 工作负载以选定的时间间隔在服务器子集中动态分配，以更均匀地分布服务器子集之间的工作负载的平均值和方差。 更具体地，在确定工作负荷单元的排名时，对于多个工作负荷单元中的每一个的平均值和方差是相等的。 工作负载单元可以根据平均值和方差的数学组合来排序，例如每个工作负荷单元的均值和方差的和或乘积。 工作负载单元按照等级分配在服务器子集之间，例如按照等级以反向循环方式将工作负载单元分配给服务器。 可以使用诸如DVS和DVFS之类的预测电源管理方案来控制服务器的电力。

公开(公告)号：US07463950B1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-09

申请号：US11755889

申请日：2007-05-31

申请人： Thomas M. Brey ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Thomas Dixon Pahel, Jr. ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Thomas M. Brey ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Thomas Dixon Pahel, Jr. ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： G01M1/38

CPC分类号： H05K7/20745 ,  H05K7/20836

摘要： Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing elevated temperatures at a component rack to identify and characterize air recirculation anomalies. In one embodiment, temperatures are sensed in proximity to an air intake of the component rack. Temperature sensors communicate with a workstation having system management software including a thermal management component for analyzing air intake temperatures. Predefined temperature differentials (PTD) are established, corresponding to expected temperature differentials between the selected locations in the absence of any appreciable recirculation. The PTD provides a threshold for comparing with “actual” temperature differentials (ATD) to identify the presence and/or mode of recirculation. If an ATD exceeds a corresponding PTD for a predefined time interval, a signal is output. The mode of recirculation, such as left-side, right-side, or dual-surface recirculation, may be determined using as few as four temperature sensors positioned at a zone of interest (ZOI).

摘要翻译： 用于检测和分析组件机架上的高温以识别和表征空气​​循环异常的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，在组件架的进气口附近感测温度。 温度传感器与具有系统管理软件的工作站进行通信，包括用于分析进气温度的热管理组件。 建立预定温差（PTD），对应于在没有任何明显的再循环的情况下所选位置之间的预期温差。 PTD提供了与“实际”温差（ATD）进行比较以鉴定再循环的存在和/或模式的阈值。 如果ATD在预定义的时间间隔内超过相应的PTD，则输出信号。 可以使用位于感兴趣区域（ZOI）的少至四个温度传感器来确定再循环的模式，例如左侧，右侧或双表面再循环。

公开(公告)号：US20080272887A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-06

申请号：US11742613

申请日：2007-05-01

申请人： Thomas M. Brey ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Thomas Dixon Pahel ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Thomas M. Brey ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Thomas Dixon Pahel ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： H04Q5/22

CPC分类号： H04L41/00 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04Q2213/13003 ,  H04Q2213/13349

摘要： Systems and methods for determining the position of a component rack within a data center and/or the positions of components within the component rack. In one embodiment, a plurality of ultrasonic reference transponders are disposed in fixed locations throughout a data center. The reference transponders communicate with one another to establish a reference coordinate system for the data center. Each component rack in the data center is provided with an ultrasonic rack transponder that can be triangulated with the reference transponders to determine the position of a component rack. This “rack position” information can be used by a system controller to control the components and to help regulate the data center within pre-specified operating parameters. If a problem occurs in the data center, information about the position of the affected components and component racks may be used by the system controller or a system administrator to help remedy the problem.

摘要翻译： 用于确定数据中心内的组件机架的位置和/或组件机架内部件的位置的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，多个超声参考转发器被布置在整个数据中心的固定位置。 参考转发器彼此通信以建立数据中心的参考坐标系。 数据中心的每个组件机架都配有超声波架应答器，可以用参考转发器进行三角测量，以确定组件机架的位置。 系统控制器可以使用“机架位置”信息来控制组件，并帮助在预先指定的操作参数内调节数据中心。 如果数据中心发生问题，系统控制器或系统管理员可能会使用有关受影响的组件和组件机架位置的信息来帮助解决问题。

公开(公告)号：US20080162083A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US12048384

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Fred Allison Bower ,  Rodney Hugh Brown ,  Tushar Dasharath Fadale ,  Thomas James Fox ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  David Bryan Roberts ,  Ketan K. Shah

发明人： Fred Allison Bower ,  Rodney Hugh Brown ,  Tushar Dasharath Fadale ,  Thomas James Fox ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  David Bryan Roberts ,  Ketan K. Shah

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/3636 ,  G06F11/0706 ,  G06F11/0781 ,  G06F11/3476 ,  G06F2201/86

摘要： A method and system for ordering and aggregating log streams. Log streams for events from different sources are received. If different sources have different recording cycles, or time epochs, that lead to different temporal granularities, then all of the log streams are combined into a single time epoch that is equal to the longest time epoch. Log streams from sources having shorter time epochs continue to retain information about their original time epochs, in order to retain information about the order of the events in those log streams. The log streams are re-ordered, both before and after being integrated into the aggregate log, by acquiring additional data from the different sources, thus permitting the likely cause/effect relationship between events.

摘要翻译： 用于排序和聚合日志流的方法和系统。 收到来自不同来源的事件的日志流。 如果不同的源具有不同的记录周期或时间周期，导致不同的时间粒度，则所有对数流被组合成等于最长时间时间的单个时间周期。 来自具有较短时间纪元的源的日志流继续保留关于其原始时间纪元的信息，以便保留关于这些日志流中的事件顺序的信息。 通过从不同来源获取附加数据，将日志流重新排序，在前后被集成到聚合日志中，从而允许事件之间的可能的因果关系。

公开(公告)号：US08566028B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-22

申请号：US11563606

申请日：2006-11-27

申请人： Thomas Michael Bradicich ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Thomas Michael Bradicich ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： G01C21/00

CPC分类号： G01C21/3617

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomously determining a set of destinations. A landmark module stores a plurality of landmarks from a database. An identification module identifies a first current location and direction of the vehicle. In response to receiving a help command from the help button, a destination module determines a first set of destinations from the plurality of landmarks, the first current location, and the first current direction. A prompt module audibly prompts a driver to navigate the vehicle to the first set of destinations. A navigation module determines if the driver is navigating towards the first direction. In response to the driver not navigating the vehicle toward at least one destination of the first set of destinations, the navigation module may direct the identification module to identify a second current location and direction of the vehicle and the destination module to determine a second set of destinations.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自主确定一组目的地的装置，系统和方法。 地标模块从数据库存储多个地标。 识别模块识别车辆的第一当前位置和方向。 响应于从帮助按钮接收到帮助命令，目的地模块从多个地标，第一当前位置和第一当前方向确定第一组目的地。 提示模块可听见地提示驾驶员将车辆导航到第一组目的地。 导航模块确定驱动程序是否朝第一方向导航。 响应于驾驶员不将车辆驶向至少一个目的地集合的一个目的地，导航模块可以指示识别模块识别车辆和目的地模块的第二当前位置和方向，以确定第二组 目的地。

公开(公告)号：US08032331B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-04

申请号：US12128540

申请日：2008-05-28

申请人： Angela Beth Dalton ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Angela Beth Dalton ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/206

摘要： Thermal diagnostic systems and methods are provided for improved detection of airflow anomalies in a computer system. In particular, processor load is selectively increased to amplify the effects caused by any airflow anomaly that may be present in the computer system. Workload migration may be used to shift processor load from another node to a target node. Artificial load may also be generated on the target node. The processor load increased to a level sufficient that an airflow anomaly would cause a detectable temperature difference at the selected node. The processor load may be increased by an amount computed to generate this detectable temperature difference. Alternatively, the processor load may be increased by a predetermined amount of between 40% and 100% of full processor utilization. While at the increased processor load, actual temperature sensed by temperature sensors may be compared to temperatures predicted from the model to detect the presence or absence of an airflow anomaly.

摘要翻译： 提供热诊断系统和方法来改进对计算机系统中气流异常的检测。 特别地，选择性地增加处理器负载以放大可能存在于计算机系统中的任何气流异常引起的影响。 可以使用工作负载迁移将处理器负载从另一个节点转移到目标节点。 人造负载也可能在目标节点上产生。 处理器负载增加到足以使气流异常将导致所选节点处可检测温差的水平。 处理器负载可以增加计算的量以产生该可检测的温度差。 或者，处理器负载可以增加处理器利用率的40％至100％之间的预定量。 当处理器负载增加时，温度传感器感测到的实际温度可以与从模型预测的温度进行比较，以检测气流异常的存在与否。

公开(公告)号：US07930573B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-19

申请号：US11857257

申请日：2007-09-18

申请人： Patrick Maurice Bland ,  Yiyu Chen ,  Angela Beth Dalton ,  Amitayu Das ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Patrick Maurice Bland ,  Yiyu Chen ,  Angela Beth Dalton ,  Amitayu Das ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： G06F1/26 ,  G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3209 ,  G06F1/324 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/329 ,  G06F1/3296 ,  G06F9/5083 ,  G06F9/5094 ,  G06F2209/5019 ,  G06F2209/508 ,  Y02D10/126 ,  Y02D10/171 ,  Y02D10/172 ,  Y02D10/22 ,  Y02D10/24

摘要： An improved method is provided for managing workload on a multi-server computer system. In one embodiment, a subset of servers is selected according to an anticipated net workload. The remaining servers in the system may be powered off to conserve energy and prolong equipment life. Workload is dynamically apportioned among the subset of servers at selected intervals to more uniformly distribute the mean and variance of the workload among the subset of servers. More particularly, the mean and the variance for each of a plurality of workload units are equally weighed in determining a ranking of the workload units. The workload units may be ordered according to a mathematical combination of the mean and variance, such as the sum or product of mean and variance for each workload unit. The workload units are allocated among the subset of servers in according to rank, such as by assigning the workload units to the servers in a reverse round-robin fashion according to rank. Predictive power management schemes such as DVS and DVFS may then be used to control power to the servers.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于管理多服务器计算机系统上的工作负载的改进方法。 在一个实施例中，根据预期的净工作负荷选择服务器的子集。 系统中的其余服务器可能会关闭电源，以节省能源并延长设备使用寿命。 工作负载以选定的时间间隔在服务器子集中动态分配，以更均匀地分布服务器子集之间的工作负载的平均值和方差。 更具体地，在确定工作负荷单元的排名时，对于多个工作负荷单元中的每一个的平均值和方差是相等的。 工作负载单元可以根据平均值和方差的数学组合来排序，例如每个工作负荷单元的均值和方差的和或乘积。 工作负载单元按照等级分配在服务器子集之间，例如按照等级以反向循环方式将工作负载单元分配给服务器。 可以使用诸如DVS和DVFS之类的预测电源管理方案来控制服务器的电力。

公开(公告)号：US07870241B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US10306301

申请日：2002-11-27

申请人： Ofer Biran ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Srirama Mandyam Krishnakumar ,  Kenneth Bruce MacKenzie ,  Gregory Brian Pruett ,  Ben-Ami Yassour

发明人： Ofer Biran ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Srirama Mandyam Krishnakumar ,  Kenneth Bruce MacKenzie ,  Gregory Brian Pruett ,  Ben-Ami Yassour

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L67/1029 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1031 ,  Y02D30/40

摘要： Power and redundancy management policies are applied individually to the tiers of redundant servers of an application service such that power is reduced while maintaining a high level of system availability. Servers which are determined to be relatively inactive are moved to a free pool. Certain servers of the free pool are maintained in a hot standby state, while others are powered-off or set to operate in a low power mode. During times of high load, the servers in the hot standby state can be provisioned quickly into the application service.

摘要翻译： 电源和冗余管理策略单独应用于应用服务的冗余服务器的层次，从而降低功耗，同时保持高水平的系统可用性。 被确定为相对不活动的服务器被移动到空闲池。 空闲池的某些服务器保持处于热备用状态，而其他服务器则关闭电源或设置为低功耗模式。 在高负载时，处于热备份状态的服务器可以快速配置到应用服务中。

公开(公告)号：US07676301B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-09

申请号：US12116163

申请日：2008-05-06

申请人： Thomas M. Brey ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Thomas Dixon Pahel, Jr. ,  William Joseph Piazza

发明人： Thomas M. Brey ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  Thomas Dixon Pahel, Jr. ,  William Joseph Piazza

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： H05K7/20745 ,  H05K7/20836

摘要： Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing elevated temperatures at a component rack to identify and characterize air recirculation anomalies. In one embodiment, temperatures are sensed in proximity to an air intake of the component rack. Temperature sensors communicate with a workstation having system management software including a thermal management component for analyzing air intake temperatures. Predefined temperature differentials (PTD) are established, corresponding to expected temperature differentials between the selected locations in the absence of any appreciable recirculation. The PTD provides a threshold for comparing with “actual” temperature differentials (ATD) to identify the presence and/or mode of recirculation. If an ATD exceeds a corresponding PTD for a predefined time interval, a signal is output. The mode of recirculation, such as left-side, right-side, or dual-surface recirculation, may be determined using as few as four temperature sensors positioned at a zone of interest (ZOI).

摘要翻译： 用于检测和分析组件机架上的高温以识别和表征空气​​循环异常的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，在组件架的进气口附近感测温度。 温度传感器与具有系统管理软件的工作站进行通信，包括用于分析进气温度的热管理组件。 建立预定温差（PTD），对应于在没有任何明显的再循环的情况下所选位置之间的预期温差。 PTD提供了与“实际”温差（ATD）进行比较以鉴定再循环的存在和/或模式的阈值。 如果ATD在预定义的时间间隔内超过相应的PTD，则输出信号。 可以使用位于感兴趣区域（ZOI）的少至四个温度传感器来确定再循环的模式，例如左侧，右侧或双表面再循环。

公开(公告)号：US07650538B2

公开(公告)日：2010-01-19

申请号：US12048501

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Fred Allison Bower, III ,  Rodney Hugh Brown ,  Tushar Dasharath Fadale ,  Thomas James Fox ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  David Bryan Roberts ,  Ketan K. Shah

发明人： Fred Allison Bower, III ,  Rodney Hugh Brown ,  Tushar Dasharath Fadale ,  Thomas James Fox ,  Richard Edwin Harper ,  David Bryan Roberts ,  Ketan K. Shah

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/3636 ,  G06F11/0706 ,  G06F11/0781 ,  G06F11/3476 ,  G06F2201/86

摘要： A method and system for ordering and aggregating log streams. Log streams for events from different sources are received. If different sources have different recording cycles, or time epochs, that lead to different temporal granularities, then all of the log streams are combined into a single time epoch that is equal to the longest time epoch. Log streams from sources having shorter time epochs continue to retain information about their original time epochs, in order to retain information about the order of the events in those log streams. The log streams are reordered, both before and after being integrated into the aggregate log, by acquiring additional data from the different sources, thus permitting the likely cause/effect relationship between events.

摘要翻译： 用于排序和聚合日志流的方法和系统。 收到来自不同来源的事件的日志流。 如果不同的源具有不同的记录周期或时间周期，导致不同的时间粒度，则所有对数流被组合成等于最长时间时间的单个时间周期。 来自具有较短时间纪元的源的日志流继续保留关于其原始时间纪元的信息，以便保留关于这些日志流中的事件顺序的信息。 通过从不同来源获取附加数据，将日志流重新排序，在集成日志之前和之后，从而允许事件之间的可能的因果关系。