Hi all, CLUES team in Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain have done some work about energy management:
http://www.grycap.upv.es/clues/eng/index.php Cheers On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Arnaud Quette <aquette....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Simon and Hitesh, > > I've started a spec on cloud PM some times ago, that you may be interesting > in reading: > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-p-cloud-power-management > > It's incomplete, but most ideas are there. > The base ideas are that: > - you can't just consider power efficiency, without power availability and > cost, > - PUE must also be considered for the whole infrastructure. So it's not just > about optimizing 1 server load, but also which server (WRT for example UPS > efficiency, or its power status, Ie online/on battery), > - using the deployed power protection system maximize visibility and > features, by using the data from the power devices, > - the NUT (networkupstools.org) can provide both this protection and > visibility, by supporting all types of power devices out there (UPS, PDU, > server power supplies, and soon smart meters). > > FYI, NUT is also bundled in all Linux, available for all systems, and > embedded in tons of NAS and appliances found in DC... > > From my first discussions with Jay, it seemed that local integration of NUT > in Nova + a new scheduler (that has the global visibility) is the way to go. > > I also came to the conclusion that it was worth creating a power QOS API, > that could be supported by any cloud OS, and implemented by internal or 3rd > party solution. > > Cheers, > Arnaud > (Sent from eeePad...) > > Le 29 avr. 2012 19:00, "hitesh wadekar" <hitesh.wade...@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> Hi Szymon, >> >> This is a really great that you are working for energy efficiency >> datacenter. whatever the topics you mentioned that really affects for >> efficient data center. I would like to add some points on this. You should >> consider Quantum project to deploy and research for datacenter. Distributed >> networks play an important role in the data center. May be you can consider >> OpenVswitch + OpenStack-Quantum+ OpenStack-Nova combination infrastructure. >> >> Here are some news that I came across, Clarkson University is going to >> build energy efficient datacenter at near New York. You can see this news at >> http://northcountrynow.com/business/clarkson-takes-partners-develop-efficient-data-centers-050575. >> As far as I know that Prof. Jeanna Matthews is working for it. >> >> I am not sure whether they are doing this for OpenStack Cloud. But, You >> can ask them what exactly they are doing. You can contact these persons, >> they might redirect you to respective person. I am putting them in CC >> >> 1. Dr. Todd Deshane, >> 2. Mr. Patrick wilbur >> >> For Quantum, may be Dan Wendlandt and me can help you to see what >> parameter you should consider for distributed network Data Center. >> >> Its really great that somebody working on OpenStack efficient Data Center. >> >> In the mean time, If I find some articles on it then I will forward to >> you. >> >> Thanks, >> Hitesh Wadekar >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Szymon Grzybowski <semy...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Me and my colleague are doing research about openstack and energy >>> efficiency during part of our master thesis about cloud computing. And mayby >>> we would like to write something inside nova-scheduler to dynamically manage >>> vms from cloud administrator's point of view. the general idea is to >>> automate process of vm migration to suite current policy. For example, we >>> have 10 servers in cloud with nova-compute, each is capable of running 5 vm. >>> I'd like to run 20 vms. Aaccording to current nova-scheduler (filters), each >>> server will run 2 VMs, but it would be cheaper (this is policy defined by >>> administrator) if we run all of them on just 4 servers. of course, cloud has >>> to keep proper QoS rate (response time etc.). This is general idea. >>> >>> Energy efficiency is really popular topic, when we talk about >>> servers,datacenters and virtualization, but I can't find any papers about it >>> in context of openstack. Are there any projects doing such researches or >>> articles? in fact it would be really surprising if there is nothing about >>> energy efficiency in context of openstack. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
