SBIR Phase II: Intelligent Software Power Management for Windows-based Systems

SBIR 第二阶段：基于 Windows 系统的智能软件电源管理

• 批准号: 1026899
• 负责人: Joseph Turner
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: MiserWare, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1026899&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Intelligent; Software

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop and commercialize an intelligent software power management data center solution. The current default power management can seriously degrade server performance as much as 40% under certain loads. As a result, the default power management is currently not deployed and most servers in the data center are wasting significant energy. The proposed product encourages users to enable the unique power management capabilities to save up to 35% energy under normal load. The approach allows users to set the expected service-level and bound the impact of power management on server performance. For example, users can set a policy of 10% performance loss and the software will save as much energy as possible without violating the policy. Data center operators require energy efficient servers in the data center. Data centers in the U.S. and abroad provide the technological backbone for the Internet and e-commerce. As of 2005, data centers accounted for 2% of total U.S. energy consumption. Data center managers cite power consumption as their largest concern today since: 1) energy costs to run servers are now typically greater than acquisition costs; and 2) excessive energy use produces heat that reduces system reliability. If successfully deployed, the proposed approach has the potential to address an emerging market pain point and to make a significant positive economic impact.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）二期项目将开发和商业化智能软件电源管理数据中心解决方案。当前默认的电源管理在某些负载下会严重降低服务器性能达40%。因此，目前没有部署默认的电源管理，数据中心中的大多数服务器都在浪费大量能源。建议的产品鼓励用户启用独特的电源管理功能，在正常负载下节省高达35%的能源。该方法允许用户设置预期的服务水平，并限制电源管理对服务器性能的影响。例如，用户可以设置10%的性能损失策略，软件将在不违反该策略的情况下尽可能地节省能源。数据中心运营商需要高效节能的数据中心服务器。美国和海外的数据中心为互联网和电子商务提供了技术支柱。截至2005年，数据中心占美国总能耗的2%。数据中心管理人员将能源消耗列为他们目前最关心的问题，因为：1)运行服务器的能源成本现在通常高于购置成本；2)过度的能源使用会产生热量，降低系统的可靠性。如果成功部署，提议的方法有可能解决新兴市场的痛点，并产生重大的积极经济影响。