Integrated energy efficient data centre management for green cloud computing the FP7 GENiC project experience

  • J. Ignacio Torrens
  • , Deepak Mehta
  • , Vojtech Zavrel
  • , Diarmuid Grimes
  • , Thomas Scherer
  • , Robert Birke
  • , Lydia Chen
  • , Susan Rea
  • , Lara Lopez
  • , Enric Pages
  • , Dirk Pesch

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Abstract

Energy consumed by computation and cooling represents the greatest percentage of the average energy consumed in a data centre. As these two aspects are not always coordinated, energy consumption is not optimised. Data centres lack an integrated system that jointly optimises and controls all the operations in order to reduce energy consumption and increase the usage of renewable sources. GENiC is addressing this through a novel scalable, integrate energy management and control platform for data centre wide optimisation. We have implemented a prototype of the platform together with workload and thermal management algorithms. We evaluate the algorithms in a simulation based model of a real data centre. Results show significant energy savings potential, in some cases up to 40%, by integrating workload and thermal management.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCLOSER 2016 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science
EditorsJorge Cardoso, Jorge Cardoso, Donald Ferguson, Victor Mendez Munoz, Markus Helfert
PublisherSciTePress
Pages375-386
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9789897581823
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2016 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 23 Apr 201625 Apr 2016

Publication series

NameCLOSER 2016 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science
Volume2

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2016
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period23/04/1625/04/16

Keywords

  • Energy efficient data centres
  • Integrated energy management platform
  • Thermal management
  • Workload management

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