JP5126017B2 - Power consumption management system, power consumption management method, power consumption management device, power consumption management program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a power consumption management system, a power consumption management method, a power consumption management apparatus, and a power consumption management program suitable for use in managing power consumption of an entire information system and information processing devices.

In recent years, with the seriousness of environmental problems accompanying global warming, the information industry is also demanding industry-wide efforts or social responsibility regarding CO ₂ reduction in the form of Green IT (Information Technology). Green IT has two propositions: “Contributing to CO ₂ reduction through information processing technology” and “Reducing power consumption of information processing equipment itself”. Technical research for the use of information processing technology for the former CO ₂ reduction is important, but above all, it is essential for CO ₂ reduction to reduce the power consumption of the latter information processing equipment itself. It is.

  In order to reduce the power consumption of the information processing device itself, it is necessary to grasp the current information system and the power consumption of each component device. The power consumption of the entire company or the entire building where the information system is installed can be easily grasped from a bill from the power company. However, in order to reduce power consumption, we need to know in detail how much power is consumed by which systems and which information processing devices, and fully pursue where wasteful power consumption is. Therefore, it is necessary to make improvements to reduce power consumption. In order to grasp the power consumption for each information system or information processing device, it is necessary to measure the power consumption for all information processing devices. However, at present, there is almost no device or mechanism for measuring power consumption mounted on all information processing devices, and it is not easy to grasp the power consumption for each information processing device due to problems such as cost.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 describes a method for calculating power consumption by selecting one of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disk) groups and calculating power consumption in the entire RAID group.
JP 2007-079754 A

  As described above, in order to manage the power consumption of the information system, if the apparatus or mechanism for measuring the power consumption is installed in all information processing devices, there is a problem that the cost increases.

  In addition, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the power consumption of a storage having a RAID configuration is obtained, and the power consumption of the entire information system or each information processing device is not managed.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention is a power consumption management capable of managing the power consumption of the entire information system or each information processing device without mounting a device or mechanism for measuring power consumption in all information processing devices. It is an object to provide a system, a power consumption management method, a power consumption management device, and a power consumption management program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a power consumption management system according to the present invention is a power consumption management system for an information system including a plurality of information processing devices, and has the same configuration among the plurality of information processing devices. Grouping information processing devices, power consumption measuring devices attached to some of the grouped information processing devices, measured values of power consumption measuring devices, and individual operating rates of multiple information processing devices And a power consumption management device that calculates and manages individual power consumption of a plurality of information processing devices. The power consumption management device selects a measurement target from among the grouped information processing devices. The power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target is input from the power consumption measuring device, and the operation rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time is input, and the power consumption and operation Characteristic acquisition means for collecting the relationship between each of the groups, an operation rate acquisition means for inputting and collecting the operation rates of a plurality of information processing devices individually measured for each group, and a plurality of information processing devices Power consumption calculating means for calculating the individual power consumption of each of the plurality of information processing devices using the individual operation rates and the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate for each group.

  A power consumption management method according to the present invention is a power consumption management method for an information system including a plurality of information processing devices, and groups information processing devices having the same configuration among the plurality of information processing devices. A power consumption measuring device is attached to some of the information processing devices that have been selected, the measurement target is selected from the grouped information processing devices, and the power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target And the operating rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time, collect the relationship between power consumption and operating rate for each group, and operate multiple information processing devices measured individually The rate is input and collected for each group, and the individual consumption of multiple information processing devices using the individual operation rates of multiple information processing devices and the relationship between power consumption and operation rate for each group. To calculate power The features.

  A power consumption management apparatus according to the present invention is a power consumption measurement management of an information system composed of a plurality of information processing devices, and information processing devices having the same configuration are grouped among the plurality of information processing devices. A power consumption measuring device is attached to some of the information processing devices that have been integrated, and the measurement target is selected from the grouped information processing devices and the information processing device selected as the measurement target is selected. Power characteristics acquisition means that inputs power consumption from the power consumption measurement device, inputs the operating rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time, and collects the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate for each group And an operation rate acquisition means for inputting and collecting the operation rates of individually measured information processing devices for each group, individual operation rates of a plurality of information processing devices, and consumption for each group. By using the relationship between power and utilization, characterized in that it comprises a power consumption calculation means for calculating the power consumption of each information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses.

  A power consumption management program according to the present invention is a power consumption management program of an information system composed of a plurality of information processing devices, and is grouped as information processing devices having the same configuration among the plurality of information processing devices. The step of selecting the measurement target from the processing devices, the power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target among the grouped information processing devices, and the operation of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time Inputting the rate, collecting and storing the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate for each group, collecting the operating rates of a plurality of information processing devices individually measured for each group, And calculating the power consumption of each information processing device using the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate of each group for each group.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to calculate the power consumption for each information system or each information processing device without adding a power consumption measuring device to all the devices constituting the information system.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a power consumption management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  1, the information system 1 includes information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. Here, the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a, ..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b, ... are, for example, various servers and personal computers (personal computers).

  Among these information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. Here, the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,... Are grouped as group A devices, and the information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. And grouped into two groups.

  Some information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,... And information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. The power consumption measuring devices 20a and 20b are connected. Here, the power consumption measuring device 20a is connected to the information processing device 10-1a among the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,. Further, the power consumption measuring device 20b is connected to the information processing device 10-1b among the group B information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. The measurement values of the power consumption measuring devices 20 a and 20 b are sent to the power consumption management device 30.

  Here, the power consumption measuring device is connected to one device in each group, but the number of devices to which the power consumption measuring device is connected in each group is not necessarily limited to one. In addition, the information processing device to which the power consumption measuring device is connected can be arbitrarily selected.

  While the information system 1 is in operation, the CPU operating rates of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. Is done. , 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,... Are sent to the power consumption management apparatus 30.

  The power consumption management device 30 includes measured values of power consumption of the information processing devices 10-1a and 10-1b, information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,... Are input, and information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. .., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the power consumption management device 30 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 32, a communication unit 33, and a storage unit 34, as shown in a functional block diagram in FIG. 3. Realize the functions.

  In FIG. 3, the measured values of the power consumption of the information processing devices 10-1a and 10-1b measured by the power consumption measuring devices 20a and 20b are input to the power characteristic acquisition units 51a and 51b, respectively. In addition, the measured values of the availability of the information processing devices 10-1a and 10-1b are input to the power characteristic acquisition unit 51a and the power characteristic acquisition unit 51b, respectively.

  The measured value of the power consumption of the information processing device 10-1a selected as the information processing device of group A and the measured value of the operating rate of the information processing device 10-1a at that time are the power characteristic acquisition unit At 51a, collected at a plurality of sample points. Then, as shown in FIG. 4A, a table indicating the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate of the devices belonging to group A is created, collected, and stored.

  Similarly, the measured value of the power consumption of the information processing device 10-1b selected as the information processing device to be measured in the group B and the measured value of the operating rate of the information processing device 10-1b at that time are power characteristics. The acquisition unit 51b collects a plurality of sample points. Then, as shown in FIG. 4B, a table indicating the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate of the devices belonging to the group B is created, collected, and stored.

  When the information system 1 is operating, the measured values of the operating rates of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,... Belonging to the group A are operating rate acquisition units 55-1a, 55-2a. , 55-3a,... And sent to the power consumption calculators 52-1a, 52-2a, 52-3a,. Further, when the information system 1 is operating, the measured values of the operating rates of the information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,... Belonging to the group B are operating rate acquiring units 55-1b, 55. -2b, 55-3b,... And sent to the power consumption calculators 52-1b, 52-2b, 52-3b,.

  The power consumption calculators 52-1 a, 52-2 a, 52-3 a,... Are grouped using a table indicating the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate of the devices belonging to the group A acquired by the power characteristic acquisition unit 51 a. The individual power consumption of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,. For example, assuming that the operating rate of the information processing device 10-2a is 30%, a table showing the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate of the devices belonging to the group A shown in FIG. If the operating rate is 30%, the power consumption of the information processing apparatus 10-2a can be obtained as 150W.

  Similarly, the power consumption calculation units 52-1b, 52-2b, 52-3b,... Use a table indicating the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate of the devices belonging to the group B acquired by the power characteristic acquisition unit 51b. The individual power consumption of the information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,.

  The calculated values of the individual power consumption of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,... Belonging to the group A obtained by the power consumption calculators 52-1a, 52-2a, 52-3a,. , Calculated values of individual power consumption of the information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,... Belonging to the group B obtained by the power consumption calculators 52-1b, 52-2b, 52-3b,. Is sent to the accumulation management unit 56.

  The accumulation management unit 56 calculates the individual power consumption values of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,... Belonging to the group A and the information processing devices 10-1b, 10-2b belonging to the group B. , 10-3b,..., 10-3b,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. ... or the power consumption of the entire information system 1 is managed.

  As described above, in the first embodiment of the present invention, all information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10 constituting the information system 1 are used. -3b,... Without measuring the power consumption of each of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. It can be obtained and managed by calculation.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing when the power consumption management device 30 is realized by software with the configuration shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, the CPU 31 (see FIG. 2) of the power consumption management device 30 selects a power consumption data collection target based on the device configuration information (step S11). Here, two groups of group A and group B are set. The information processing device 10-1a is selected from the devices belonging to the group A, and the information processing device 10-1b is selected from the devices belonging to the group B.

  Next, the CPU 31 acquires the respective power consumptions of the selected information processing devices 10-1a and 10-1b from the power consumption measuring devices 20a and 20b via the communication unit 33, and stores them in the storage unit 34, respectively. A table as shown in FIG. 4 is created, collected and stored (step S12).

  Subsequently, the CPU 31 measures the operation rate of all the component devices (information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,...) Including the selected device. The values are collected via the communication unit 33 (step S13), and the measured values of the operating rates of all the component devices are collected (step S13). Then, the CPU 31 uses the table collected in step S12 to calculate the power consumption of each information processing device 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. calculate.

  The CPU 31 determines whether the power consumption of each of the information processing devices 10-1a, 10-2a, 10-3a,..., 10-1b, 10-2b, 10-3b,. If the data collected (stored in step S12, for example) is insufficient, the process returns to step S11 and starts again with the selection of the power consumption data collection target.

  Even if this is an information processing device belonging to the same group, the range in which the operating rate changes (eg, the CPU operating rate changes only between 20-30% and only changes between 50-80%) However, the range of data to be collected is expanded by selecting different information processing devices from the same group.

  The above cycle is repeated until the power consumption of all the component devices can be calculated. If the power consumption data and the operation rate data are accumulated, a sample showing the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate for each device in each group is sufficiently collected. If these samples are sufficiently collected, steps S11 and S12 can be omitted.

  In the above-described embodiment, the power consumption management apparatus 30 collects the operation rate directly from the component devices. However, in an information system that is actually in operation, information on the operation rate is often already collected and stored. . The present invention can also be used by omitting that the power consumption management device 30 directly collects the operation rate and cooperating with the already collected operation rate data.

  In the above example, the measured values of the power consumption of the information processing device that is the measurement target and the operation rate at that time are collected at a plurality of sample points, but the information processing selected as the measurement target is performed. From the measured value of the power consumption of the device and the operating rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time, a function indicating the power consumption for the operating rate is obtained for each group, and the operating rate is calculated for each group. You may make it calculate the power consumption of each information processing apparatus from the individual operation rate of a some information processing apparatus using the function of power consumption.

  Note that the constituent elements in the present embodiment can be appropriately replaced with existing constituent elements and the like, and various variations including combinations with other existing constituent elements are possible.

  Each of the above devices has a computer system inside. Each process described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above process is performed by the computer reading and executing the program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a power consumption management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the power consumption management apparatus in the power consumption management system of the 1st Embodiment of this invention of this invention. It is a functional block diagram based on operation | movement of the power consumption management apparatus in the power consumption management system of the 1st Embodiment of this invention of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the table of the power consumption management apparatus in the power consumption management system of the 1st Embodiment of this invention of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the power consumption management apparatus in the power consumption management system of the 1st Embodiment of this invention of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: Information systems 10-1a to 10-3a, 10-1a to 10-3a: Information processing devices 20a and 20b: Power consumption measuring device 30: Power consumption management device 31: CPU
32: RAM
33: Communication unit 34: Storage unit 51a, 51b: Power characteristic acquisition unit 52-1a to 52-3a, 52-1b to 52-3b: Power consumption calculation unit 55-1a to 55-3a, 55-1b to 55- 3b: Operation rate acquisition unit 56: Storage management unit

Claims (6)

A power consumption management system for an information system comprising a plurality of information processing devices,
Among the plurality of information processing devices, information processing devices having the same configuration are grouped, and a power consumption measuring device attached to some of the grouped information processing devices,
A power consumption management device that inputs measurement values of the power consumption measurement device and individual operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices, and calculates and manages individual power consumptions of the plurality of information processing devices; ,
The power consumption management device includes:
The measurement target is selected from the grouped information processing devices, and the power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target is input from the power consumption measuring device, and the measurement target at that time is selected. Power characteristic acquisition means for inputting the operating rate of the information processing device and collecting the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate for each group;
Operating rate acquisition means for inputting and collecting the operating rates of the plurality of information processing devices individually measured for each group;
Power consumption calculating means for calculating the individual power consumption of each of the plurality of information processing devices using the individual operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices and the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate for each group. A power consumption management system characterized by comprising:   The power consumption calculation means creates a table from a measured value of power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target and an operation rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time, and the consumption 2. The power consumption according to claim 1, wherein the power consumption of each information processing device is calculated from the individual operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices using a table indicating a relationship between the power and the operation rate. Management system.   The power consumption calculating means calculates an operation rate for each group from a measured value of power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target and an operation rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time. And calculating the power consumption of each information processing device from the individual operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices using the function of the power consumption with respect to the operation rate for each group. The power consumption management system according to claim 1, wherein: A power consumption management method for an information system comprising a plurality of information processing devices,
Among the plurality of information processing devices, information processing devices having the same configuration are grouped, and a power consumption measuring device is attached to some of the grouped information processing devices,
Select the measurement target from among the grouped information processing devices, and input the power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target and the operating rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time And collect the relationship between power consumption and operating rate for each group,
Input and collect the operating rates of the plurality of information processing devices individually measured for each group,
The individual power consumption of the plurality of information processing devices is calculated using the individual operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices and the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate for each group. Power consumption management method. An information system power consumption management device comprising a plurality of information processing devices,
Among the plurality of information processing devices, information processing devices having the same configuration are grouped, and a power consumption measuring device is attached to some of the grouped information processing devices,
The measurement target is selected from the grouped information processing devices, and the power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target is input from the power consumption measuring device, and the measurement target at that time is selected. Power characteristic acquisition means for inputting the operating rate of the information processing device and collecting the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate for each group;
Operating rate acquisition means for inputting and collecting the operating rates of the plurality of information processing devices individually measured for each group;
Consumption for calculating the power consumption of each information processing device of the plurality of information processing devices using the individual operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices and the relationship between the power consumption and the operation rate for each group And a power calculation means. A power consumption management program for an information system comprising a plurality of information processing devices,
Selecting a measurement target from information processing devices grouped as information processing devices having the same configuration among the plurality of information processing devices;
Enter the power consumption of the information processing device selected as the measurement target among the grouped information processing devices and the operating rate of the information processing device selected as the measurement target at that time, and for each group Collecting and storing the relationship between power consumption and availability,
Collecting the operation rates of the plurality of information processing devices measured individually for each group;
Calculating the power consumption of each information processing device using the relationship between the power consumption and the operating rate for each group for each group.

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