Autonomic Multi-Agent Management of Power and Performance in Data Centers

The rapidly rising cost and environmental impact of energy consumption in data centers has become a multi-billion dollar concern globally. In response, the IT Industry is actively engaged in a first-to-market race to develop energy-conserving hardware and software solutions that do not sacrifice performance objectives. In this work the authors demonstrate a prototype of an integrated data center power management solution that employs server management tools, appropriate sensors and monitors, and an agent-based approach to achieve specified power and performance objectives.