DECISION DETECTIVE CORPORATION — Department of Energy SBIR Phase I: Power management is inefficient today for High Performance Computing (HPC) equipment and f

Description

Power management is inefficient today for High Performance Computing (HPC) equipment and for datacenter environmental conditioning systems supporting this equipment. Existing sensors and instrumentation telemetry monitoring this equipment are not integrated and do not adhere to any industry standard, and thus fall short in providing useful information that helps increase energy efficiency. Installing new sensors and other hardware monitoring equipment is costly and time consuming. Decision Detective will implement a software solution that does not require any new sensors or hardware. Using advanced pattern recognition methods and a data fusion framework, Decision Detective will develop highly accurate power management optimization solutions that not only increase energy efficiency, but also increase the long-term reliability and operation life of datacenter assets from all major HPC manufacturers. Commercial Applications and Other Benefits: Decision Detectives Power Management Optimization Platform provides the means for Information Technology and Facilities Managers to reduce energy consumption and related costs year-after-year. This solution achieves the best case state-of-the-art scenario for future datacenters as outlined by the DOEs Federal Energy Management Program. Fewer computing and climate conditioning assets will end up in landfills and owner/customer costs for computing services will be reduced significantly. Decision Detectives software supports the DOEs Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Divisions objectives for power optimization in datacenters, including compliance with EPAct 2005, EISA 2007 for Green IT, and Executive Order 13423.