JP2017182401A - Improvement plan proposition system, improvement plan proposition program and improvement plan proposition method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improvement plan proposition system, an improvement plan proposition program and an improvement plan proposition method capable of proposing an improvement plan based on an evaluation result by a data center.SOLUTION: The improvement plan proposition system includes: an acquisition part that acquires a piece of evaluation result information including an evaluation result of each evaluation item made by a data center; an identification part that identifies the evaluation item as an improvement object using the evaluation result information, an environmental load of entire data center, and a formula representing a correlation with the evaluation item; and an output part that refers to an improvement plan database associated with a piece of information representing an improvement plan for each of the evaluation items and outputs a piece of information representing an improvement plan associated with the identified evaluation item.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement plan presenting apparatus, an improvement plan presenting program, and an improvement plan presenting method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a data center in which a plurality of information processing devices such as servers, storage devices, and communication devices are installed is known.

  In recent years, energy efficiency and sustainability have been emphasized in data center operations, and a data center maturity model (which presents goals and directions for improving data center energy efficiency and sustainability) ( DCMM (Data Center Matuarity Model) has been proposed.

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  In the conventional data center maturity model described above, items to be evaluated are determined for each component of the data center, and the data center is evaluated for each of these items. This evaluation reveals items that have problems in terms of energy efficiency and environmental load.

  However, in the past, the correspondence between the items to be evaluated and the equipment in the data center is different for each data center, so the relationship between the problem item and the entire data center is unknown, and an improvement plan is presented. It was difficult.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an improvement plan presenting apparatus, an improvement plan presenting program, and an improvement plan presenting method capable of proposing improvement measures according to the evaluation result of a data center.

  In one aspect, the improvement plan presenting device includes an acquisition unit that acquires evaluation result information including an evaluation result for each evaluation item in the data center, the evaluation result information, an environmental load of the entire data center, and the evaluation item. The identification unit that identifies the evaluation item to be improved using an expression that indicates a correlation and the improvement plan database in which information indicating the improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item are referred to, and the identified evaluation is performed. And an output unit that outputs information indicating an improvement plan corresponding to the item.

  Each of the above sections can be a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for causing the above processes to be executed by a computer as a procedure.

  As one aspect, it is possible to propose improvement measures according to the evaluation results of the data center.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure of the improvement plan presentation system of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the item used as the object of evaluation in DCMM, and a maturity level. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of an improvement plan presentation apparatus. It is a 1st figure explaining matching with an item and the element of a data center. It is a 2nd figure explaining matching with an item and the element of a data center. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure database. It is a figure which shows an example of a level database. It is a figure which shows an example of an improvement plan database. It is a figure which shows an example of the database for a display. It is a figure which shows an example of the improvement object database. It is a figure which shows an example of a conversion type | formula database. It is a figure explaining the functional structure of the improvement plan presentation process part. It is a 1st flowchart explaining the process by the improvement plan presentation process part. It is a 2nd flowchart explaining the process by the improvement plan presentation process part. It is a 1st figure which shows an example of the screen of a management terminal. It is a 2nd figure which shows an example of the screen of a management terminal. It is a 3rd figure which shows an example of the screen of a management terminal. It is a 4th figure which shows an example of the screen of a management terminal.

  Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of an improvement plan presenting system according to the present embodiment.

  The improvement plan presentation system 100 according to the present embodiment includes an improvement plan presentation device 200 and management terminals 301-1 and 301-2 that manage the data centers 300-1, 300-2,. ..., 301-N. The improvement plan presentation device 200 and the management terminals 301-1, 301-2, ..., 301-N are connected to each other via a network or the like.

  The data centers 300-1, 300-2,..., 300-N of this embodiment are each a data center in which a plurality of information processing devices such as servers and a plurality of electronic devices such as storage devices and communication devices are installed. . The management terminals 301-1, 301-2,..., 301-N of the present embodiment are used for management / operation etc. in each of the data centers 300-1, 300-2,. It is a management computer or the like.

  In the following description, the data centers 300-1, 300-2,... In the following description, the management terminals 301-1, 301-2,..., 301-N are referred to as the management terminal 301 when not distinguished from each other.

  The improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment acquires information indicating an evaluation result for the data center 300 from the management terminal 301, and a location that is preferably improved in the data center 300 from the information indicating the evaluation result. Is identified. Then, the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 outputs the identified location and the improvement plan according to the identified location to the management terminal 301 for display.

  In this embodiment, the data center maturity model is used when the data center 300 is evaluated. Data Center Maturity Model (DCM) is a comprehensive model of what can be done and what should be done in the future with respect to ways to improve energy efficiency and sustainability in the data center. Is an indicator developed as necessary. DCMM presents goals and directions for improving energy efficiency and sustainability in every aspect of the data center.

  In DCMM, the main components (hereinafter referred to as elements) of the data center 300 such as power, cooling, server, storage, and network are evaluated, and the standards are achieved so that the maturity level of the data center can be determined. Matters are described. DCMM will enable the data center to identify the steps and reforms that need to be implemented continuously as part of a strategy to improve energy efficiency and sustainability in the future. Details of items to be evaluated and maturity levels in DCMM will be described later.

  The improvement plan presentation device 200 of this embodiment includes a configuration database 210, a level database 220, an improvement plan database 230, a display database 240, an improvement target database 250, a conversion formula database 260, and an improvement plan presentation processing unit 270.

  The configuration database 210 stores, for each data center 300, configuration information in which items that are evaluated in DCMM and elements of the data center 300 are associated with each other.

  The elements of the data center 300 in this embodiment include facilities, energy, and the like that the data center 300 has. The equipment includes, for example, ICT equipment, lighting, air conditioners, power receiving equipment, power supply equipment, and the like. Energy includes, for example, power supplied to the data center 300, heat reused in the data center 300, and data center 300. The heat generated in

  In the level database 220, level information indicating the maturity level for each item in the DCMM acquired from the management terminal 301 is stored for each data center 300. The level information is information indicating the evaluation result of the data center 300.

  The improvement plan database 230 stores information indicating an improvement plan for each item in the DCMM. The display database 240 stores information on the level of items in the DCMM.

The improvement target database 250 stores items and level values specified as improvement targets for each data center 300. The conversion formula database 260 stores a conversion formula for calculating an environmental load for each item. The environmental load in the present embodiment is calculated as the CO ₂ emission amount.

  Note that the maturity level for each item in the DCMM for each data center 300 is determined by the administrator of the data center 300 and the like, and is input to the management terminal 301. The management terminal 301 transmits the input maturity level for each item to the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 as level information associated with the item.

  In addition, the improvement plan of the present embodiment is, for example, a collection of information obtained by trial and error results in each data center 300 in the improvement plan presentation device 200. In the following description, an item whose state is desired to be improved is referred to as an item to be improved.

  The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 acquires the level information of the data center 300 from the management terminal 301, and specifies an item to be improved. At this time, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 according to the present embodiment identifies an item to be improved based on a correlation formula indicating a correlation between an item in the DCMM and an environmental load of the entire data center 300. Details of the correlation equation will be described later.

  Then, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 identifies the element corresponding to the identified item in the data center 300 from the configuration information, and sends the identified element and the improvement plan for the identified item to the management terminal 301. Output.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, an item to be improved can be specified based on the correlation between the environmental load of the entire data center 300 and the item, and an improvement measure according to the evaluation result of the data center can be proposed.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, in the data center 300, the element associated with the item is displayed together with the improvement plan, thereby indicating which element in the data center 300 should be improved. An administrator of the center 300 can grasp the information.

  In addition, in the example of FIG. 1, although the improvement plan presentation apparatus 200 shall have each database, it is not limited to this. Each database shown in FIG. 1 may be provided in a device different from the improvement plan presenting device 200, or may be provided in a separate device.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, items to be evaluated and maturity levels in DCMM will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining items to be evaluated and the maturity level in DCMM.

  In FIG. 2, a part of items in DCMM are extracted, and items actually defined in DCMM include items other than those shown in FIG. In DCMM, items 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 are defined as items related to “power” that is one of the elements of the data center.

  Similarly, in DCMM, items 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4 are defined as items related to “cooling”, which is one of the elements, and item 3 is defined as an item related to “others”. .3 is defined. Similarly, in DCMM, items 4.3 and 4.4 are defined as items related to “facility” which is one of the elements.

  In DCMM, six levels from Level 0 to Level 5 are provided as maturity levels for each item.

  For example, item 1.1 is an item indicating evaluation for power distribution efficiency. In DCMM, when the distribution efficiency during normal operation is less than 90%, the maturity level of item 1.1 is “0”. The maturity level “0” is defined as the starting point state of “minimum or zero” and can be said to be a state to be improved.

  In DCMM, when the distribution efficiency during normal operation is 90%, the maturity level of item 1.1 is “1”. A maturity level of “0” is defined as a “partial best practice” state, which is not an optimal state and can be said to have a room for improvement. When the power distribution efficiency during normal operation is 96%, the maturity level of item 1.1 is “5”. The maturity level “5” is defined as a state of “a priori—five years ahead”, and can be said to have reached the final goal, which is the vision of five years from now. The maturity levels “3” and “4” are defined as processes that reach the maturity level “5”.

  The value of the maturity level of each item is a value determined by the manager of the data center 300 based on the current status and final goal of each data center. In the present embodiment, the value of the maturity level of each item is acquired as level information of the data center 300.

  In the present embodiment, an item to be improved is specified from the acquired level information and the correlation formula, and a corresponding improvement plan is presented.

  Below, with reference to FIG. 3, the hardware constitutions of the improvement plan presentation apparatus 200 of this embodiment are demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the improvement plan presentation device.

  The improvement proposal presenting apparatus 200 of the present embodiment is, for example, a general computer, and is an input device 21, an output device 22, a drive device 23, an auxiliary storage device 24, a memory device 25, which are mutually connected by a bus B. An arithmetic processing unit 26 and an interface unit 27 are included.

  The input device 21 is for inputting various types of information, and is realized by, for example, a keyboard or a mouse. The output device 22 is for outputting various types of information, and is realized by, for example, a display. The interface device 27 includes a modem, a LAN card, and the like, and is used for connecting to a network.

  The improvement plan presentation program is at least a part of various programs for controlling the improvement plan presentation device 200. The improvement plan presenting program is provided, for example, by distributing the storage medium 28 or downloading it from the network. The storage medium 28 on which the improvement proposal presenting program is recorded is a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk or the like, a storage medium for recording information optically, electrically or magnetically, a ROM, a flash memory, or the like. Various types of storage media such as a semiconductor memory that electrically records information can be used.

  The improvement plan presentation program is installed in the auxiliary storage device 24 from the storage medium 28 via the drive device 23 when the storage medium 28 storing the improvement plan presentation program is set in the drive device 23. The improvement plan presentation program downloaded from the network is installed in the auxiliary storage device 24 via the interface device 27.

  The auxiliary storage device 24 stores the installed improvement plan presentation program and also stores necessary files, data, and the like. The memory device 25 reads and stores the improvement plan presentation program from the auxiliary storage device 24 when the computer is activated. The arithmetic processing unit 26 implements various processes as described later according to the improvement plan presenting program stored in the memory device 25.

  Further, the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 of the present embodiment may be, for example, a tablet computer. In that case, instead of the input device 21 and the output device 22, a display operation device such as a touch panel having a display function may be provided. The management terminal 301 of the present embodiment is a general computer, and the hardware configuration is the same as that of the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 shown in FIG.

  Next, each database included in the improvement plan presentation device 200 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Each database to be described later may be provided in the auxiliary storage device 24, the memory device 25, or the like of the improvement plan presentation device 200, for example.

  First, prior to the description of the configuration database 210 of the present embodiment, the association between each evaluation object in the DCMM and the equipment in the data center 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

  FIG. 4 is a first diagram for explaining the association between items and data center elements. In FIG. 4, as an example of the data center 300, facilities and energy included in the elements of the data center 300-1 will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows the facilities in the system 310 inside the data center 300-1, the energy flow from outside the system to the system 310, and the energy flow from inside the system 310 to the outside of the system. . In FIG. 4, an arrow indicated by a solid line indicates a flow of electric power, and an arrow indicated by a dotted line indicates a flow of hot and cold heat.

  In the equipment of the data center 300-1, the ICT equipment 330 and other equipment are distinguished from the viewpoint of energy consumption.

  The data center 300-1 includes a power receiving facility 311, a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) 312, a PDU (Power Distribution Unit) 313, an air conditioner 314, an illumination 315, an emergency power source 316, and a co-generator 317 as facilities other than the ICT device 330. And a boiler power generator 318.

  The ICT device 330 includes a server 331, a storage 332, a switch 333, a router 334, and the like.

  In the data center 300-1, the energy supplied from outside the system to the inside 310 includes electric power and a heat medium. The power is commercial power 340, green power (renewable energy) 341, and the like, and the heat medium is supplied by a district heat supply system 342, waste heat reuse, or the like.

  In the data center 300-1, there is waste heat as energy output from the system 310 to the system outside. The waste heat is recovered and becomes heat 344 for reuse.

  FIG. 5 is a second diagram illustrating the association between items and data center elements. In FIG. 5, each facility and energy included in the elements of the data center 300-1 are associated with items by DCMM.

  For example, the power receiving equipment 311, UPS 312, PUD 313, air conditioner 314, lighting 315, emergency power source 316, co-generator 317, and the like are associated with the item 1.2 that is an item related to the power source. The air conditioner 314 is associated with items 2.1, 2.3, and 2.5 that are items related to “cooling”, and the illumination 315 is an item 3.3 that is an item related to “others”. Is associated.

  The ICT device 330 is associated with 8.1 to 8.8, which are items related to “others-IT”. The server 331 of the ICT device 330 is an item 5.1 to 5.5 that is an item related to “server”, the storage 332 is an item 6.1 to 6.5, and the switch 333 and the router 334 are an item 7.1. Is associated with ˜7.6.

  In addition, among the energy supplied to the system 310, the power supplied from the commercial power 340 is associated with the item 1.1, which is an item related to the power source, and the green power 341 corresponds to the item 1.4. It is attached. Further, the heat 344 discharged from the system 310 is associated with the item 4.3 which is an item related to “management”.

  In the configuration database 210 of this embodiment, configuration information in which elements and items are associated with each other as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration database.

  The configuration database 210 according to the present embodiment includes configuration information 211-1 to 211-N in which items and elements included in the data center 300 are associated with each other from the data center 300-1 to the data center 300-N. Stored.

  In the configuration information 211-1, items are arranged in the vertical direction, elements included in the data center 300-1 are arranged in the horizontal direction, and are associated with each other.

  Specifically, for example, “◯” is shown at a location where item 1.1 and commercial power are associated with each other, and it can be seen that both are associated with each other. In the present embodiment, similar configuration information is stored in each data center 300.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration information for each data center 300 is provided from each data center 300 to the improvement plan presenting device 200. The configuration information for each data center 300 is created by an administrator of each data center 300 or the like.

  Next, the level database 220 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the level database.

  The level database 220 of the present embodiment stores and updates the acquired level information each time the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 acquires level information from the data center 300.

  The level database 220 of this embodiment has record ID, data center, level for each item, and power usage as information items, and the item “record ID” is associated with other items.

  The value of the item “record ID” is an identifier for specifying level information, and is given when the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 receives a level for each item from each data center 300. The value of the item “data center” is information for identifying the data center 300 that has transmitted the level information. Specifically, the value of the item “data center” may be the name of the data center 300 or the like.

  The value of the item “level for each item” indicates the value of the maturity level for each item. The value of the item “level for each item” in the present embodiment is information used to specify an item to be improved, and is used to calculate the value of each item in a correlation equation described later.

The value of the item “power usage” is the power usage in the data center 300. In this embodiment, the power usage amount is transmitted from the management terminal 301 of the data center 300 as part of the level information. The value of the item “electricity consumption” in the present embodiment is information used for calculating the CO ₂ emission amount for each data center 300 in the multiple regression analysis for obtaining a correlation equation described later. Not used in specific processing.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the level information includes values of items other than the item “record ID”. That is, the level database 220 of the present embodiment stores information in which the record ID is assigned to the level information.

  In the example of FIG. 7, for example, from the data center 300-1, the record ID is “1”, the level of item 1.1 is 1, the level of item 2.4 is 3, the level of item 2.5 is 1, and the item This indicates that the level of 3.3 is 0, the level of item 3.5 is 5, and the level of item 4.3 is 2.

The items shown in FIG. 7 are examples, and the items included in the level information are not limited to this. As items included in the level information, for example, an item that seems to have a strong correlation with the environmental load (CO ₂ emission amount) in the data center 300 may be extracted from a correlation formula described later.

  Next, the improvement plan database 230 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the improvement plan database.

  The improvement plan database 230 of this embodiment is referred to by the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 when the improvement plan presentation device 200 receives a request for display of an improvement plan from the management terminal 301. In addition, when the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 receives the input of the improvement plan from the data center 300, the input improvement plan is stored and updated as the improvement plan.

  The improvement plan database 230 of this embodiment has items, Level0, Level1, Level2, Level3, Level4, and Level5 as items of information, and other items are associated with the item “item”.

  The value of the item “item” indicates an item in DCMM. Each value of the items “Level 0”, “Level 1”, “Level 2”, “Level 3”, “Level 4”, and “Level 5” indicates an improvement plan. More specifically, each value of the items “Level 0” to “Level 5” is text data indicating an improvement plan.

  The improvement plan may be associated with each level, or may be associated with a plurality of levels in common.

  Next, the display database 240 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display database.

  The display database 240 according to the present embodiment receives a display request for the evaluation result of the data center 300 from the management terminal 301, and when the maturity level for each item is displayed on the management terminal 301, an instruction to display information about the item In response, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 is referred to.

  The improvement proposal presenting apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment can display the maturity level for each item of DCMM on the management terminal 301 by using a DCMM equalizer (Data Center Maturity Model Equalizer) provided in advance.

  The display database 240 of this embodiment has items, Level0, Level1, Level2, Level3, Level4, and Level5 as items of information, and other items are associated with the item “item”.

  Each value of the items “Level 0” to “Level 5” is information (text data) indicating a condition for reaching the next Level. This condition is defined in DCMM.

  For example, “distribution efficiency → 90%” is stored as information corresponding to Level “0” of item 1.1. This information is a condition for changing Level “0” of Item 1.1 to Level “1”.

  Next, the improvement target database 250 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the improvement target database.

  The improvement target database 250 of the present embodiment includes a data center and improvement target items as information items, which are associated with each other.

  The value of the item “data center” is information for identifying the data center, and is, for example, the name of the data center. The value of the item “improvement target item” indicates an item to be improved and a level value.

  In the following description, information including the value of the item “data center” and the value of the item “improvement target item” is referred to as improvement target item information.

  In FIG. 10, for example, items 1.1, 2.5, 3.3, and 4.5 are specified as items to be improved in the data center “300-1”, and the levels of the items 1.1 and 2.5 are specified. Is 1 and the level of item 3.4 is 0.

  The improvement target database 250 of the present embodiment stores and updates corresponding improvement target item information when the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 specifies an improvement target item in the data center 300.

  Next, the conversion formula database 260 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the conversion formula database.

  The conversion formula database 260 of the present embodiment includes items and conversion formulas as information items, which are associated with each other.

The value of the item “conversion formula” indicates a formula for calculating the environmental load for each item. The environmental load in the present embodiment is a CO ₂ emission amount. Therefore, the value of the item “conversion formula” is, in other words, a formula for calculating the CO ₂ emission amount for each item.

  In the example of FIG. 11, items 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 that are items related to “power”, items 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4 that are items related to “cooling”. The conversion formula corresponding to each of the items 3.3 which are items related to “others” is stored. The conversion formula database 260 includes items 3.3, which are items related to “facility”, items 4.3, 4.4, which are items related to “management”, and items related to “server”. The conversion formula corresponding to item 5.1 is stored. Also, the conversion formula database 260 stores conversion formulas corresponding to the item 7.5, which is an item related to “network”, and the item 8.4, which is an item related to “others-IT”.

The following describes the conversion formula of CO ₂ emissions in each item.

In item 1.1, the power consumption when the remainder of the power distribution efficiency is consumed is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, e is the power distribution efficiency, E is the electric energy [kWh], and f is the CO ₂ conversion coefficient.

In item 1.2, power consumption when the remainder of the conversion efficiency of UPS is consumed is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, ce is the conversion efficiency. In item 1.4, the use of renewable energy (electric power) is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, rE is a renewable electric energy [kWh].

In item 2.1, the amount of energy (electric power) consumed for cooling is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, cE is the cooling power amount [kWh]. In item 2.3, power consumption when using an air conditioner is converted to CO ₂ emissions. Here, aP is air conditioning power [kW], and aT is air conditioning operating time [h]. In item 2.4, the power consumption of the refrigerator when the operation time of the refrigerator is shortened by the temperature of cold water or the like is converted into the CO ₂ emission amount. Here, fP is refrigerator power [kW], and fT is refrigerator operating time [h].

In item 3.3, the reduction in illumination power due to natural lighting and the use of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, LP is illumination power [kW], and LT is illumination operation time [h].

In item 3.4, the life cycle CO ₂ in CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency) is calculated. In item 4.3, the reused energy (electric power) is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, ERF is an energy regeneration coefficient, and dcE is total energy consumption [kWh]. In item 4.4, the value extracted from the total CO ₂ emission with respect to the total energy consumption of the ICT equipment is converted into the CO ₂ emission. Here, CUE is the CO ₂ efficiency of the data center, and itE is the ICT equipment power consumption [kWh].

In item 5.1, the CO ₂ emission amount is calculated from the correlation between the utilization rate of the CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the power consumption. Here, cF is the CPU usage rate, and csE is the server power consumption [kWh] correlated with the CPU usage rate.

In item 7.5, the converted CO ₂ emission amount is calculated from the power performance (bit / watt) of the network device. Here, nF is the power performance of the network device, and nB is a network transaction (bit).

In item 8.4, the power consumption when the remainder of the ICT equipment power supply efficiency is consumed is converted into CO ₂ emissions. Here, ite is the ICT device power supply efficiency, and itE is the ICT device power consumption [kWh].

  Note that although the conversion formula database 260 shown in FIG. 11 stores the conversion formulas corresponding to the above items, the present invention is not limited to this. In the conversion formula database 260, conversion formulas corresponding to items other than the items shown in FIG. 11 may be stored.

  Next, the function of the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the functional configuration of the improvement plan presentation processing unit.

  The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of this embodiment is realized by the arithmetic processing device 26 of the improvement plan presentation device 200 reading and executing the improvement plan presentation program stored in the memory device 25 or the like.

The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of the present embodiment includes an input reception unit 271, a level information acquisition unit 272, an improvement location identification unit 273, an improvement plan selection unit 274, a display control unit 275, a correlation formula update unit 276, and a CO ₂ emission amount. A calculation unit 277, a database update unit 278, and an item conversion unit 279 are included.

  The input receiving unit 271 of this embodiment receives input of various types of information to the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200.

  The level information acquisition unit 272 of this embodiment acquires level information from the data center 300. The level information acquisition unit 272 may acquire level information by periodically making a level information acquisition request to the data center 300, for example.

  The improvement location specifying unit 273 of this embodiment specifies an item to be improved from the level value for each item included in the level information and the correlation equation. Moreover, the improvement location specific | specification part 273 refers to the structure database 210, and specifies the element used as the improvement object from the specified item.

  Below, the improvement location specific | specification part 273 is further demonstrated. The improvement location identifying unit 273 of the present embodiment includes a correlation formula storage unit 280. The correlation equation storage unit 280 of the present embodiment stores equation (1).

Expression (1) is an expression showing the CO ₂ emission amount of the data center 300 as a function of each item of DCMM. From the statistics of the level information accumulated in the level database 220, the coefficient of each item of DCMM is calculated in advance. This is the calculated formula.

Expression (1) is a correlation expression showing the correlation between the CO ₂ emission amount of the entire data center 300 and each item of DCMM. In addition, av in Formula (1) is a coefficient. Also, DM1.1 in equation (1) indicates the level value of item 1.1 in DCMM, DM1.2 indicates the level value of item 1.2 in DCMM, and DM1.3 is in DCMM. Indicates the level value of item 1.3.

  Similarly, DM2.1 in Formula (1) is the value of the level of item 2.1 in DCMM, DM2.2 is the value of the level of item 2.2 in DCMM, and DM2.3 is the item in DCMM. 2.3 Level values are shown. Others are the same. The level value of each item is included in the level information.

The coefficients a to v of the correlation equation shown in Expression (1) are calculated based on the level information acquired from the data centers 300-1 to 300-N, the CO ₂ emission amount of the entire data center 300, and the level value of each item of DCMM. This is determined by the results of multiple regression analysis.

Therefore, in Equation (1), items having large values of coefficients a to v can be said to be items that have a strong correlation (a large influence) with respect to the CO ₂ emission amount. In Equation (1), an item whose term value is small has a large contribution to the CO ₂ emission, and can be said to be a place where improvement is required (improvement target item).

  Therefore, the improvement location identifying unit 273 of the present embodiment substitutes the level value of each item included in the level information in the equation (1), and identifies the item with the smaller value as the item to be improved.

  More specifically, the improvement point identifying unit 273 of the present embodiment substitutes the level value of each item included in the level information into a term corresponding to each item in Expression (1), and the expression (1) Find the value of each term. And the improvement location specific | specification part 273 specifies the item from which the value of a term becomes small.

  For example, the improvement location specifying unit 273 may specify a predetermined number of items in order from the item with the smallest value of the item, and may make the item to be improved. Moreover, the improvement location specific | specification part 273 of this embodiment may preset the threshold value for every value of each term, and may specify the item whose term value is less than the threshold value as the item to be improved.

Moreover, in this embodiment, it can be made into the item with a high priority which should be improved in an order from the item with a large coefficient multiplied by the value of a level among the items specified by the improvement location specific | specification part 273. This is because an item with a larger coefficient can be said to have a larger influence on the CO ₂ emission amount of the entire data center 300.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the equation (1) indicating the strength of the correlation between the CO ₂ emission amount and each item obtained from the statistical result of the level information acquired from the data centers 300-1 to 300-N. ) Can be used to identify items to be improved.

  When the item to be improved is specified, the improvement point specifying unit 273 of the present embodiment refers to the configuration database 210 and specifies an element associated with the specified item.

Note that equation (1) is an item of DCMM indicated 22 Section except the section coefficient w only, it is assumed that shows a correlation between the CO ₂ emissions, but are not limited thereto. The DCMM item showing the correlation with the CO ₂ emission amount may be determined based on an element capable of implementing the improvement measures in the data center 300.

For example, in the equation (1), among items of DCMM, an item related to “power”, an item related to “cooling”, an item related to “other”, an item related to “management”, and a CO Correlation with ₂ emissions is shown. In the formula (1), items related to “server”, “network”, and “others-IT” are not included.

  This means that for the convenience of operation of the data center 300, the improvement plan is not performed on the elements associated with the items related to “server”, “network”, and “others-IT”. ing. In other words, using equation (1), in the data center 300, the ICT device maintains the current state, the item related to “power”, the item related to “cooling”, the item related to “other”, “ It is possible to output an improvement plan for an element corresponding to an item related to “management”.

Further, for example, if the environment can implement the improvement plan for the ICT device, formula (1)
In addition, items including items related to “server”, “network”, and “others-IT” may be correlated with CO ₂ emissions.

In other words, in this embodiment, in an environment where improvement measures can be implemented for all items of DCMM, equation (1) may be an equation indicating the correlation between all items of DCMM and CO ₂ emissions. . Similarly, in the present embodiment, there are restrictions on items in DCMM that can implement improvement measures, and in an environment where items that can implement improvement measures are determined, equation (1) can be implemented as an improvement measure. or as an expression indicating a correlation between items and CO ₂ emissions.

  The improvement plan selection unit 274 of the present embodiment refers to the improvement plan database 230 and selects an improvement plan corresponding to the item specified by the improvement location specification unit 273.

  The display control unit 275 causes the management terminal 301 to display the requested information in response to a display request from the management terminal 301.

  The correlation formula update unit 276 updates the correlation formula stored in the correlation formula storage unit 280. The correlation formula update unit 276 of the present embodiment may update the correlation formula with reference to the level database 220 every predetermined period, for example. Specifically, the correlation formula update unit 276 of the present embodiment may perform processing for updating the coefficient of the correlation formula using level information accumulated in the level database 220, for example, every year.

The CO ₂ emission amount calculation unit 277 calculates the CO ₂ emission amount of the entire data center 300 using the power usage amount included in the level information. Specifically, CO ₂ emission calculating unit 277, by multiplying the power consumption rate provided from the power company or the like to the power consumption, to calculate the CO ₂ emissions. CO ₂ emission amount calculated by the CO ₂ emission calculation unit 277 is used in multiple regression analysis of the time of update of the coefficient of correlation formula by correlating updating unit 276.

  The database update unit 278 updates each database according to the processing of each unit of the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270.

The item-by-item conversion unit 279 receives a CO ₂ emission amount presentation request for each item from the management terminal 301 and refers to the conversion formula database 260 to calculate the CO ₂ emission amount of the corresponding item.

  Next, the processing of the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 13 is a first flowchart illustrating processing by the improvement plan presentation processing unit. FIG. 13 shows processing when the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 acquires level information from the data center 300.

  The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of this embodiment determines whether level information is input from the data center 300 by the input receiving unit 271 (step S1301). If no level information is input in step S1301, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 waits until an input is received.

  When level information is input in step S1301, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 acquires level information by the level information acquisition unit 272. When the level information acquisition unit 272 acquires the level information, it assigns a record ID and stores it in the level database 220.

  Next, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 substitutes the level value for each item included in the level information in the correlation formula stored in the correlation formula storage unit 280 by the improvement location specifying unit 273, and the value of the term is small. An item is specified (step S1302).

  Specifically, the improvement location identifying unit 273 may identify, for example, only the item having the smallest term value, or may identify a predetermined number of items in ascending order of the term value.

  Subsequently, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 causes the database update unit 278 to associate the data center 300 that has acquired the level information in step S1301 with the identified item, and store them in the improvement target database 250 (step S1301). S1303).

  The level information includes information for identifying the data center 300 managed by the management terminal 301. The database update unit 278 according to the present embodiment associates information for identifying the data center 300 included in the level information with the identified item as improvement target item information and stores it in the improvement target database 250.

  Subsequently, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 determines whether or not an improvement plan is input together with the level information from the management terminal 301 by the input receiving unit 271 (step S1304). If no improvement plan is input in step S1304, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 ends the process.

  When an improvement plan is input in step S1304, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 stores the improvement plan input in the improvement plan database 230 and updates the improvement plan database 230 by the database update unit 278 (step S1305). ), The process is terminated. Details of the input of the improvement plan will be described later.

  FIG. 14 is a second flowchart for explaining processing by the improvement plan presentation processing unit. FIG. 14 illustrates processing when the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 receives a display request for improvement plan from the data center 300.

  The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of the present embodiment determines whether or not the input reception unit 271 has input a display request for improvement plan from the management terminal 301 (step S1401). If no display request is input in step S1401, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 waits until it is input.

  When a display request is input in step S1401, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the improvement target database 250 and acquires items to be improved in the data center 300 that issued the display request (step S1402). In this embodiment, when a display request is received from the management terminal 301, information for identifying the data center 300 associated with the management terminal 301 is also acquired. Specifically, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 acquires the name of the data center 300 together with the display request.

  Subsequently, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the configuration information corresponding to the acquired name of the data center 300 in the configuration database 210 by the improvement location specifying unit 273, and is associated with the item to be improved. An element is specified (step S1403).

  Subsequently, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the improvement plan database 230 by the improvement plan selection unit 274 and selects an improvement plan associated with the item and level acquired in step S14.02 (step S1404). .

  Subsequently, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 uses the display control unit 275 to generate screen data for displaying the selected improvement plan and the specified element, and outputs the screen data to the management terminal 301 (step S1405). Exit.

  In this embodiment, the process for specifying the improvement target item shown in FIG. 13 and the process for outputting the improvement plan shown in FIG. 14 are executed independently at each timing. It is not limited to. The process shown in FIG. 13 and the process shown in FIG. 14 may be executed as a series of continuous processes.

  Hereinafter, the processing of the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of the present embodiment will be specifically described. In the following description, a case will be described in which the level information to which the record ID “1” is assigned is acquired from the management terminal 301-1 that is the management terminal of the data center 300-1.

  When the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 of the present embodiment acquires the level information from the management terminal 301-1, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 assigns the record ID “1” and stores it in the level database 220. Further, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 substitutes the level value of each item included in the acquired level information for the corresponding item in the equation (1).

  In addition, it is preferable that the item included in Formula (1) and each item included in level information correspond.

The level information of the record ID “1” includes items 1.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3.5, and 4.3 as items (see FIG. 7). Therefore, in this case, the items that are correlated with the CO ₂ emission amount of the entire data center 300-1 in the equation (1) are also items 1.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3 .5, 4.3 are preferred.

  Subsequently, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 substitutes the level value into the equation (1) to obtain the value of each term. In the level information of the record ID “1”, the level value of the item 1.1 is 1. Therefore, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 substitutes the level value “1” of the item 1.1 for DM1.1 in the term a * DM1.1 of the formula (1), and the value of the term a * DM1.1. Ask for.

  Similarly, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 obtains a value of a term for each of the items 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3.5, and 4.3.

  Next, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 specifies an item with a smaller value of the term. Here, for example, it is assumed that three items are specified in ascending order of term values, and items 1.1, 2.5, and 3.3 are specified.

  The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 stores these three items and the level value of each item in the improvement target database 250 in association with “300-1” which is the name of the data center 300-1.

  Next, a case will be described in which the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 receives a request for displaying an improvement plan for the data center 300-1 from the management terminal 301-1.

  When the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 receives “300-1”, which is the name of the data center 300-1, and an improvement plan display request, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the improvement target database 250 and is associated with “300-1”. Get the item and the level value of each item. Items acquired here are items 1.1, 2.5, and 3.3.

  Next, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the configuration database 210 and identifies an element associated with the acquired item from the configuration information 211-1 of the data center 300-1. Here, the elements associated with item 1.1 are commercial power and power receiving equipment (see FIG. 6). Elements associated with item 2.5 are district heat supply, air conditioner, co-generator, boiler. The element associated with item 3.3 is lighting.

  Also, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the improvement plan database 230 and selects an improvement plan associated with the acquired item and the value of the level of each item.

  The improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 manages the improvement plan associated with the item specified as the improvement target and the level value of each item, and the element associated with each item in the data center 300-1. It is displayed on the terminal 301-1.

  Hereinafter, an example of a screen displayed on the management terminal 301 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.

  FIG. 15 is a first diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the management terminal. A screen 151 illustrated in FIG. 15 illustrates an example in which the improvement plan of the data center 300-1 and the elements to be improved are displayed on the management terminal 301-1.

  In addition, the improvement plan and element of this embodiment shall be displayed on the DCMM equalizer which displays the maturity level for every item of DCMM.

  In the screen 151 of FIG. 15, the improvement plan associated with each item in association with the item 1.1, the item 2.5, and the item 3.3 identified as the improvement target, and the element corresponding to the item And are displayed.

  The display column 152 displays an element 152-1 corresponding to the item 1.1 and an improvement plan 152-2 corresponding to level 1 of the item 1.1. In the display field 153, an element 153-1 corresponding to the item 2.5 and an improvement plan 153-2 corresponding to level 1 of the item 2.5 are displayed. In the display column 154, an element 154-1 corresponding to the item 3.3 and an improvement plan 154-2 corresponding to level 0 of the item 3.3 are displayed.

  In this embodiment, as described above, the item identified as the improvement target based on the correlation with the environmental load of the entire data center 300-1 and the element corresponding to the item identified in the data center 300-1 are identified. The improvement plan for the item is displayed.

  For this reason, according to the present embodiment, the manager of the data center 300-1 can easily grasp the location to be improved and the improvement plan in the data center 300-1.

  In the example of FIG. 15, the improvement plan for the specified item and the element corresponding to the specified item are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The information displayed on the management terminal 301-1 may be only an improvement plan for the specified item, for example.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 15, the improvement plan is displayed so as to be superimposed on the DCMM equalizer, but is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, it is only necessary to display the item to be improved and the improvement plan for each item, and the DCMM equalizer need not be used.

  In the present embodiment, priorities for improvement are assigned to items 1.1, 2.5, and 3.3, and the priorities are displayed in the display columns 152, 153, and 154. Also good. The priorities are assigned in the descending order of the coefficient multiplied in the formula (1) among the items 1.1, 2.5, and 3.3.

  For example, when the coefficient a multiplied by the item 1.1 is the largest among the three coefficients, it is preferable that the item 1.1 has the highest priority in improving each item.

  In the present embodiment, conditions for increasing the level can be displayed for each item included in the level information.

  FIG. 16 is a second diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the management terminal. A screen 161 illustrated in FIG. 16 illustrates an example in which a condition for increasing the level of each item included in the level information of the data center 300-1 is displayed on the management terminal 301-1.

  On the screen 161, display columns 162, 163, and 164 are displayed. The display field 162 may be displayed, for example, when the pointer P or the like is set near level 1 of the DCMM equalizer item 1.1. In the display column 162, a condition for changing from level 0 to level 1 in the item 1.1 is displayed.

  The display field 163 may be displayed, for example, when the pointer P or the like is set near level 1 of the DCMM equalizer item 2.5. In the display column 163, a condition for changing from level 0 to level 1 in the item 2.5 is displayed.

  Similarly, the display column 164 may be displayed, for example, when the pointer P or the like is set near level 0 of the item 4.5 of the DCMM equalizer. In the display column 164, the level 0 condition in the item 4.5 is displayed.

  These displays are performed by the display control unit 275 of the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270. Specifically, when the item and level are selected by the pointer P or the like, the improvement plan presentation processing unit 270 refers to the display database 240 and outputs information indicating the corresponding condition to the management terminal 301-1. The management terminal 301-1 acquires this information and displays it on the screen.

  In this embodiment, in this way, by displaying the conditions for raising the level for each item level, the administrator of the data center 300-1 can grasp what kind of improvement should be performed. Can do.

  Next, information input from the management terminal 301 will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18. FIG. 17 is a third diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the management terminal.

  A screen 171 -A shown in FIG. 17A is an example of an input screen for level information displayed on the management terminal 301. A screen 171 -B illustrated in FIG. 17B is an example of an input screen for improvement measures.

  On the screen 171 -A, an input field 173 for a level value for each DCMM item is displayed. Although the input fields corresponding to the six items are displayed on the screen 171 -A, the number of input fields is not limited to this.

  When the button 174 is operated on the screen 171 -A, the display of the management terminal 301 may be switched from the screen 171 -A to the screen 171 -B.

  The screen 171 -B displays a message 175 urging input of improvement measures implemented in the data center 300, an input field 176 for entering items for which improvement measures have been implemented, and an input field 177 for improvement measures. .

  In the screen 171 -B, when an item and an improvement measure for the item are input in the input fields 176 and 177 and the transmission button 178 is operated, the management terminal 301 associates the item with information indicating the improvement measure, Along with the name of the data center 300, it is transmitted to the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200.

  When the improvement plan presentation apparatus 200 receives this information, the database update unit 278 stores information indicating the improvement plan in association with the item in the improvement plan database 230.

  In the present embodiment, the improvement measures collected from each data center 300 are stored in the improvement plan database 230 as improvement plans for each item.

  In the present embodiment, by collecting improvement measures from each data center 300, for example, the improvement measures can be shared by data centers 300 that are similar to each other. In the present embodiment, an improvement measure implemented in one data center 300 can be provided as reference information to another data center 300.

  In the example of FIG. 17, the level information and the improvement plan are input continuously. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The level information input and the improvement plan input may be performed independently at different timings.

FIG. 18 is a fourth diagram illustrating an example of the screen of the management terminal. A screen 181 illustrated in FIG. 18 is an example of a screen for making a calculation request for the CO ₂ emission amount for each DCMM item in the management terminal 301.

On the screen 181, a message 182 that prompts the user to input an item to be calculated for CO ₂ emission, an input field 183 for an item to be calculated, a button 184 for making a calculation request, and a display field 185 for a calculation result are displayed. The The screen 181 may display various parameter input fields necessary for calculating the CO ₂ emission amount.

When the item to be calculated is input to the input field 183 and the button 184 is operated, the management terminal 301 of the present embodiment transmits an item and a calculation request for the CO ₂ emission amount for each item to the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200. Is done.

Upon receiving the item and the calculation request, the improvement plan presenting apparatus 200 refers to the conversion formula database 260 by the item conversion unit 279 and calculates the result of calculating the CO ₂ emission amount by the conversion formula corresponding to the received item. Transmit to the management terminal 301.

  In response to this result, the management terminal 301 displays the calculation result in the display field 185 of the screen 181.

Thus, in this embodiment, the result of calculating the CO ₂ emission amount for each item of DCMM can be provided to the management terminal 301. Therefore, in the present embodiment, for example, the administrator of the data center 300 performs improvement measures for the item targeted for improvement in the data center 300, and then calculates the CO ₂ emission amount for this item to improve the item. It is possible to determine whether or not improvement has been observed.

Further, in the present embodiment, by causing the administrator of the data center 300 to calculate the CO ₂ emission amount for each item, the ratio of the CO ₂ emission amount of the item to be calculated to the entire data center 300 Can be grasped.

In the disclosed technology, forms such as the following supplementary notes are conceivable.
(Appendix 1)
An acquisition unit for acquiring evaluation result information including an evaluation result for each evaluation item in the data center;
Using the evaluation result information and an expression indicating the correlation between the environmental load of the entire data center and the evaluation item, a specifying unit for specifying the evaluation item to be improved;
An improvement plan presenting device comprising: an output unit that refers to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item, and outputs information indicating the improvement plan corresponding to the identified evaluation item.
(Appendix 2)
The specific part is:
For each data center, refer to a configuration database in which configuration information in which the evaluation items and elements of the data center are associated is stored, and correspond to the specified items in the data center from which the evaluation result information is obtained Identify the elements to be
The output unit is
The improvement plan presentation device according to supplementary note 1, wherein information indicating the identified element is output together with information indicating the improvement plan.
(Appendix 3)
Supplementary Note 1 having a calculation unit that receives input of an evaluation item, refers to a conversion formula database in which a conversion formula of environmental load is stored for each evaluation item, and calculates an environmental load corresponding to the input evaluation item Or the improvement proposal presentation apparatus of 2.
(Appendix 4)
4. The improvement plan presenting apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the expression indicating the correlation is obtained by analyzing the evaluation result information collected from a plurality of the data centers and a power usage amount.
(Appendix 5)
Processing for obtaining evaluation result information including evaluation results for each evaluation item in the data center;
Using the evaluation result information, the environmental load of the entire data center, and an expression indicating a correlation with the evaluation item, a process for specifying the evaluation item to be improved;
The computer (200) is caused to execute a process of referring to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item and outputting information indicating an improvement plan corresponding to the specified evaluation item. Improvement plan presentation program.
(Appendix 6)
An improvement proposal presentation method using a computer, wherein the computer
Obtain evaluation result information including evaluation results for each evaluation item in the data center,
Using the evaluation result information, the environmental load of the entire data center, and an expression indicating the correlation with the evaluation item, the evaluation item to be improved is identified,
An improvement plan presentation method of referring to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item, and outputting information indicating an improvement plan corresponding to the specified evaluation item.
(Appendix 7)
An improvement plan presenting system including a terminal device possessed by a data center and an improvement plan presenting device,
The improvement plan presenting device comprises:
An acquisition unit for acquiring evaluation result information including an evaluation result for each evaluation item in the data center;
Using the evaluation result information and an expression indicating the correlation between the environmental load of the entire data center and the evaluation item, a specifying unit for specifying the evaluation item to be improved;
An improvement plan presentation system comprising: an output unit that refers to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item, and outputs information indicating an improvement plan corresponding to the identified evaluation item.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Improvement plan presentation system 200 Improvement plan presentation apparatus 210 Configuration database 220 Level database 230 Improvement plan database 240 Display database 250 Improvement target database 260 Conversion formula database 270 Improvement plan presentation processing unit 272 Level information acquisition unit 273 Improvement target specification unit 274 Improvement Plan selection unit 275 Display control unit 276 Correlation formula update unit
280 Correlation storage unit 300 Data center 301 Management terminal

Claims (5)

An acquisition unit for acquiring evaluation result information including an evaluation result for each evaluation item in the data center;
Using the evaluation result information and an expression indicating the correlation between the environmental load of the entire data center and the evaluation item, a specifying unit for specifying the evaluation item to be improved;
An improvement plan presenting device comprising: an output unit that refers to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item, and outputs information indicating the improvement plan corresponding to the identified evaluation item. The specific part is:
For each data center, refer to a configuration database in which configuration information in which the evaluation items and elements of the data center are associated is stored, and correspond to the specified items in the data center from which the evaluation result information is obtained Identify the elements to be
The output unit is
The improvement plan presentation device according to claim 1, wherein information indicating the identified element is output together with information indicating the improvement plan. The improvement plan presenting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the expression indicating the correlation is obtained by analyzing the evaluation result information collected from a plurality of the data centers and the power consumption. Processing for obtaining evaluation result information including evaluation results for each evaluation item in the data center;
Using the evaluation result information, the environmental load of the entire data center, and an expression indicating a correlation with the evaluation item, a process for specifying the evaluation item to be improved;
Presentation of an improvement plan that causes a computer to execute a process of referring to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item and outputting information indicating the improvement plan corresponding to the specified evaluation item program. An improvement proposal presentation method using a computer, wherein the computer
Obtain evaluation result information including evaluation results for each evaluation item in the data center,
Using the evaluation result information, the environmental load of the entire data center, and an expression indicating the correlation with the evaluation item, the evaluation item to be improved is identified,
An improvement plan presentation method of referring to an improvement plan database in which information indicating an improvement plan is associated with each evaluation item, and outputting information indicating an improvement plan corresponding to the specified evaluation item.