System and method for managing size of clusters in a computing environment
US10346191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/505
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A number of hosts in a logical cluster is adjusted up or down in an elastic manner by tracking membership of hosts in the cluster using a first data structure and tracking membership of hosts in a spare pool using a second data structure, and upon determining that a triggering condition for adding another host is met and that all hosts in the cluster are being used, selecting a host from the spare pool, and programmatically adding an identifier of the selected host to the first data structure and programmatically deleting the identifier of the selected host from the second data structure.
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