Patent attributes
A power monitoring system which is communicatively coupled to power sensors in one or more rack computer systems, where the power sensors generate data indicating electrical power consumption by mass storage devices in the racks, can determine an operating temperature of the mass storage devices based on the power data and adjust one or more components which support computing operations in the racks to manage the operating temperatures. Operating temperature can be determined based on a predetermined relationship between electrical power consumption of one or more mass storage devices and the operating temperature of the mass storage devices. Component adjustment can include adjusting an operating state of one or more components. Such operating state adjustment can include adjusting the cooling induced by a cooling system, adjusting data migration to and from mass storage devices, and adjusting operation activity on mass storage devices.
