Energy-Aware Accounting and Billing in Large-Scale Computing Facilities

• Published in: IEEE MICRO Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 60 - 71
• Main Authors: Jimenez, Victor, Gioiosa, Roberto, Cazorla, Francisco J, Valero, Mateo, Kursun, Eren, Isci, Canturk, Buyuktosunoglu, Alper, Bose, Pradip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos IEEE 01.05.2011; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Accounting; Accounting systems; Accuracy; Billings; Computation; computer systems organization; Cooling; emerging technologies; Energy consumption; Energy requirements; Energy use; Energy-aware systems; Hardware; hardware/software interfaces; Interfaces; Power demand; power management; Proposals; Resource management; Servers; Surface hardness; Virtual machining

Proposals have focused on reducing energy requirements for large-scale computing facilities (LSCFs), but little research has addressed the need for energy-usage-based accounting. Energy-aware accounting and billing benefits LSCF owners and users. This article makes a case for accurate cost accountin...