Energy-Aware Algorithms to Select Servers in Scalable Clusters

Abstract

It is critical to reduce the electric energy consumed in information systems, especially server clusters. In this paper, we discuss an MLPCM (multi-level power consumption with multiple CPUs) model and an MLCM (multi-level computation with multiple CPUs) model of a server with multiple CPUs. In this paper, we newly propose a modified globally energy-aware (MEA) algorithm to select a server for a process in a cluster of m servers. In the MEA algorithm, a server where a process all is to be performed is selected with computation complexity O(m) if the total electric energy of the servers is minimum. We evaluate the MEA algorithm and show not only the total electric energy consumption of the servers but also the average execution time of processes are reduced in the MEA algorithm compared with other algorithms.