Quantitative Estimation of the Performance Delay with Propagation Effects in Disk Power Savings
Feng Yan and Xenia Mountrouidou, College of William and Mary; Alma Riska, EMC Corporation; Evgenia Smirni, College of William and Mary
The biggest power consumer in data centers is the storage system. Coupled with the fact that disk drives are lowly utilized, disks offer great opportunities for power savings, but any power saving action should be transparent to user traffic. Estimating correctly the performance impact of power saving becomes crucial for the effectiveness of power saving. Here, we develop a methodology that quantitatively estimates the performance impact due to power savings. By taking into consideration the propagation delay effects. Experiments driven by production server traces verify the correctness and efficiency of the proposed analytical methodology.
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author = {Feng Yan and Xenia Mountrouidou and Evgenia Smirni},
title = {Quantitative Estimation of the Performance Delay with Propagation Effects in Disk Power Savings},
booktitle = {2012 Workshop on Power-Aware Computing and Systems (HotPower 12)},
year = {2012},
address = {Hollywood, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotpower12/workshop-program/presentation/Yan},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = oct
}