QAMEM: Query aware memory energy management

Srinivasan Chandrasekharan, Chris Gniady

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

As memory becomes cheaper, use of it has become more prominent in computer systems. This increase in number of memory modules increases the ratio of energy consumption by memory to the overall energy consumption of a computer system. As Database Systems become more memory centric and put more pressure on the memory subsystem, managing energy consumption of main memory is becoming critical. Therefore, it is important to take advantage of all memory idle times and lower power states provided by newer memory architectures by placing memory in low power modes using application level cues. While there have been studies on CPU power consumption in Database Systems, only limited research has been done on the role of memory in Database Systems with respect to energy management. We propose Query Aware Memory Energy Management (QAMEM) where the Database System provides application level cues to the memory controller to switch to lower power states using query information and performance counters. Our results show that by using QAMEM on TPC-H workloads one can save 25% of total system energy in comparison to the state of the art memory energy management mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 18th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing, CCGRID 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages412-421
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781538658154
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 13 2018
Event18th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing, CCGRID 2018 - Washington, United States
Duration: May 1 2018May 4 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - 18th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing, CCGRID 2018

Other

Other18th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing, CCGRID 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period5/1/185/4/18

Keywords

  • Database
  • Memory
  • Memory energy management
  • Postgresql
  • SQL queries
  • TPCH

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture

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