Patent №
US 7,933,739
Granted
2011-04-26
Filed 2008
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12047969
Systems, methods, and software for analyzing the layout of computer equipment racks in a datacenter. One embodiment involves obtaining the position relative to the computer room of each of a plurality of temperature sensors distributed among a plurality of computer components mounted between opposing intake and exhaust ends of each computer equipment rack. The layout of the computer equipment racks is automatically determined from the positions of the temperature sensors, and a representation of the layout of the computer equipment racks is electronically stored or displayed. The actual layout is compared to target layout parameters to score the layout.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 206510252
Assignors
BREY, THOMAS M., MR., CHU, SIMON C., MR., HARPER, RICHARD EDWIN, MR., PIAZZA, WILLIAM JOSEPH, MR.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.