Resource allocation to reduce correlated failures

US11303509B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Marc John Brooker · Seattle, US
• Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse van Rensburg · Cape Town, ZA
• Abhinav Agrawal · Philadelphia, US
• Adam D. Gray · Seattle, US
• Marvin M. Theimer · Bellevue, US
• Peter N. DeSantis · Cape Town, ZA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F11/004
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Implementation resources are operated in a manner furthering a particular purpose while excluding use of the implementation resources for other purposes. At least some of the implementation resources have capacity that is usable to implement multiple other resources. The capacity of the implementation resources is allocated in a manner that satisfies one or more conditions on the capacity of the implementation resources that is used. Generally, the capacity is allocated in a manner that reduces the likelihood that resources initiated close in time will fail together should underlying implementation resources fail. The implementation resources may be hardware devices that implement virtual computer systems.