Dynamic Server Allocation for Power and Performance

We consider a system of servers that process incoming requests. These requests experience periods of high and low arrival rate. Servers can be powered down dynamically to conserve power. We examine this system with a view to balancing the need between processing incoming requests quickly and reducin...

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Published inPerformance Evaluation: Metrics, Models and Benchmarks pp. 247 - 261
Main Authors Slegers, Joris, Thomas, Nigel, Mitrani, Isi
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
dynamic optimization
power conservation
Resource allocation
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Summary:We consider a system of servers that process incoming requests. These requests experience periods of high and low arrival rate. Servers can be powered down dynamically to conserve power. We examine this system with a view to balancing the need between processing incoming requests quickly and reducing power consumption. The system is modeled formally and heuristics are presented to decide when servers should be powered down or up. Preliminary results of the performance of these heuristics are also included.
ISBN:3540698132
9783540698135
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-69814-2_16