Integrated control of data centres

数据中心综合控制

• 批准号: 506142-2016
• 负责人: Down, Douglas
• 金额: $ 5.57万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618810
• 关键词: Integrated; control; data; centres

Data Centres (DCs) are the core infrastructure that supports the explosive growth of digital information. However, data centres are energy hungry and produce a huge amount of carbon emissions. It is expected that by 2020, data centres' carbon emissions will account for 12% of the global emissions. Most of the energy at the data centre is consumed by the cooling and power distribution systems. With the growing pressure from governments to decrease data centres' carbon foot print, energy conservation at data centres has become an increasingly important challenge. This has motivated research activities toward optimizing data center operations to reduce the total energy cost. This project proposes the development of an integrated data centre infrastructure management (iDCIM) tool that minimizes energy consumption by optimizing: (1) the workload assignment, optimally placing jobs at servers that minimize the overall energy consumption; (2) the cooling system operation, controlling the operation of the room cooling units and the server fans so that they work synergistically; (3) and; power distribution systems operation where the tool will resize the data center by turning off/on servers, network equipment and power distribution units according to workload changes. This project will develop the technology and tools required to transform this concept into a globally competitive product line catering to the $100B+ DC industry. The results promise considerable commercial revenues to Canada, the creation of 57 jobs, as well as a substantial amount of energy savings.

数据中心（DC）是支持数字信息爆炸性增长的核心基础架构。但是，数据中心是饥饿的能源，产生了大量的碳排放。预计到2020年，数据中心的碳排放量将占全球排放量的12％。数据中心的大部分能量都被冷却和配电系统所消耗。随着政府降低数据中心的碳英尺印刷的日益增长的压力，数据中心的节能已成为越来越重要的挑战。这促使研究活动旨在优化数据中心运营以降低总能源成本。该项目建议开发集成数据中心基础架构管理（IDCIM）工具，该工具通过优化来最大程度地减少能源消耗：（1）工作负载分配，最佳地将作业放置在服务器上，以最大程度地减少整体能源消耗； （2）冷却系统操作，控制房间冷却单元和服务器风扇的操作，使其协同工作； （3）和;电源分配系统操作，该工具将根据工作负载的更改关闭/关闭服务器，网络设备和配电单元来调整数据中心的大小。该项目将开发将该概念转变为迎合$ 100B+ DC行业的全球竞争产品线所需的技术和工具。结果有望为加拿大提供可观的商业收入，创造了57个就业机会以及大量的节能。