Methods and systems to allocate logical disk costs to virtual machines in a virtual data center
US10235473B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45579
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems allocate storage costs to virtual machines (“VMs”) in a virtual data center. Methods calculate a datastore-base rate based on datastore utilized-storage capacity in each LD and each LD-base rate when the datastore utilized-storage capacity and each LD-base rate are available. Datastore total cost is calculated by multiplying the datastore-base rate by the datastore utilized-storage capacity. Methods also use graph based methods to calculate datastore-base rates when the datastore utilized-storage capacity is unknown for each LD. The datastore-base rate associated with each datastore may then be used to calculate a VM storage cost of each VM hosted by a datastore.
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