CSR: Small: Collaborative Research: System Support for Managing Carbon Footprints and Electricity Costs in Internet Services

CSR：小型：协作研究：管理互联网服务中碳足迹和电力成本的系统支持

• 批准号: 0916518
• 负责人: Ricardo Bianchini
• 金额: $ 16.7万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0916518&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSR; Small; Collaborative; Research; System

Society is faced today with three main energy-related challenges: US dependence on foreign energy sources, world-wide dependence on non-renewable energy, and climate change induced at least in part by greenhouse-gas emissions. The computer industry also faces an energy crisis: the nation's data centers consume a gigantic amount of energy, which translates into large greenhouse gas footprints. This research explores the implications of these trends on data center design. In particular, the work considers how to optimize data center operation in the face of Kyoto-style cap-and-trade frameworks, related cap-and-pay frameworks, and unregulated scenarios where businesses optimize energy usage to save money or achieve carbon neutrality. In both cap-and-trade and cap-and-pay, caps are imposed on activities society wants to discourage. In large computer systems, excessive brown energy consumption is one activity to discourage. Through caps on brown energy, society can also promote renewable energy. Research challenges include: (i) balancing reductions in brown energy consumption against cost, performance and service-level agreement (SLA) impact, (ii) managing energy consumption in the context of variable electricity prices; and (iii) designing multiple system layers that effectively integrate and coordinate electricity and performance management, even in the face of highly volatile request distributions and electricity/carbon prices. This research has the potential for broad impact both on computer systems design, and more broadly on an increasingly carbon-conscious world.

今天，社会面临着与能源有关的三个主要挑战：美国对外国能源的依赖，全世界对不可再生能源的依赖，以及至少部分由温室气体排放引起的气候变化。计算机行业还面临着一种能源危机：美国的数据中心消耗了巨大的能源，这转化为大型温室气体足迹。 这项研究探讨了这些趋势对数据中心设计的影响。 特别是，这项工作考虑了如何在面对京都风格的盖帽和交易框架，相关的上限和付费框架以及不受监管的场景的情况下优化数据中心操作，其中企业优化能源使用以节省金钱或实现碳中准。在上限和交易额和薪资中，帽子都强加于社会想要阻止的活动。在大型计算机系统中，过多的棕色能源消耗是一项灰心的活动。通过棕色能源的帽子，社会也可以促进可再生能源。研究挑战包括：（i）平衡棕色能源消耗的减少与成本，绩效和服务水平协议（SLA）影响，（ii）在可变电价的背景下管理能源消耗； （iii）设计多个系统层，这些系统层即使面对高度波动的请求分配以及电力/碳价格，可以有效整合和协调电力和性能管理。这项研究具有对计算机系统设计的广泛影响，并且更广泛地对越来越注重碳意识的世界产生了影响。