Optimal power allocation in server farms
Anshul Gandhi, Mor Harchol‐Balter, Rajarshi Das, Charles R. Lefurgy · 2009
Server farms today consume more than 1.5% of the total electricity in the U.S. at a cost of nearly $4.5 billion. Given the rising cost of energy, many industries are now seeking solutions for how to best make use of their available power. An important question which arises in this context is how to distribute available power among servers in a server farm so as to get maximum performance.