Method of migrating virtual machines between non-uniform memory access nodes within an information handling system
US10248444B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/4557
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for allocating virtual machines (VMs) to run within a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) system includes a first processing node and a second processing node. A request is received at the first processing node for additional capacity for at least one of (a) establishing an additional VM and (b) increasing processing resources to an existing VM on the first processing node. In response to receiving the request, a migration manager identifies whether the first processing node has the additional capacity requested. In response to identifying that the first processing node does not have the additional capacity requested, at least one VM is selected from an ordered array of the multiple VMs executing on the first processing node. The selected VM has low processor and memory usage relative to the other VMs. The selected VM is migrated from the first processing node to the second processing node for execution.
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