Hybrid cooling control of a computing system

Abstract

In one implementation, a system for hybrid cooling control of a computing system includes a coordinated controller engine to: determine a number of liquid loop set-points and a number of air loop set-points, determine a number of system parameters corresponding to the number of liquid loop set-points and the number of air loop set-points, determine a correlation factor for the number of system parameters; and alter the number of liquid loop set-points and the number of air loop set-points based on the correlation factor to lower an energy consumption or to maximize energy reuse of a number of cooling resources associated with the number of system parameters.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for hybrid cooling control of a computing system, comprising:
 a coordinated controller engine to:
 determine a number of liquid loop set-points and a number of air loop set-points; 
 determine a number of system parameters corresponding to the number of liquid loop set-points and the number of air loop set-points; 
 determine a correlation factor for the number of system parameters; and 
 alter the number of liquid loop set-points and the number of air loop set-points based on the correlation factor to lower an energy consumption or to maximize energy reuse of a number of cooling resources associated with the number of system parameters. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the number of liquid loop set-points alter the number of system parameters corresponding to an air loop and a liquid loop and wherein the number of air loop set-points alter the number of system parameters corresponding to the air loop and the liquid loop. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , comprising the coordinated controller engine to alter an absolute value of a particular set-point from the number of air loop set-points or the number of liquid loop set points. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the correlation factor for the number of system parameters represents an altered energy consumption of cooling devices of an air loop and a liquid loop. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the correlation factor represents an altered energy consumption or energy reuse of a number of cooling resources associated with the number of system parameters and an altered cooling capacity of a liquid loop and an air loop. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the number of air loop set-points include set-points that correspond to an air cooling system. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the number of liquid loop set-points include set-points that correspond to a liquid cooling system. 
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing device for hybrid cooling control of a computing system, wherein the instructions are executable to:
 receive real-time parameters for an air loop and a liquid loop of a cooling system;   determine set-points of the cooling system, wherein the set-points include air loop set-points and liquid loop set-points;   determine a correlation factor between the set-points of the cooling system and the real-time parameters for the air loop and the liquid loop; and   alter a number of set-points of the cooling system based on the correlation factor to increase an efficiency of the cooling system.   
     
     
         9 . The medium of  claim 8 , wherein the correlation factor is a representative value of cooling efficiency and energy efficiency of the cooling system. 
     
     
         10 . The medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions to alter the number of set-points of the cooling system includes instructions to alter at least one of:
 water flow rate;   supply water temperature;   component air flow rate;   component inlet air temperature;   component return water temperature; and   component outlet air temperature.   
     
     
         11 . The medium of  claim 8 , wherein the correlation factor includes direct and indirect alteration values for set-points that correspond to the real-time parameters for the air loop and the liquid loop of the cooling system. 
     
     
         12 . A method for hybrid cooling control of a computing system, comprising:
 determining a number of sensitivity functions for a number control loops of a cooling system;   determining a number of real-time performance metrics for the number of control loops;   defining a number of policies for each of the number of control loops based on the number of sensitivity functions; and   altering a number of set-points for the number of control loops based on the number of policies and in response to the number of real-time performance metrics.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein defining the number of policies includes comparing the number of real-time performance metrics to an overall performance metric of the cooling system. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein determining the number of sensitivity functions includes comparing a number of efficiency tradeoffs between a number of set-point alterations for the number of control loops. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein defining the number of policies includes determining a number of possible set-point alterations for the number of control loops.