Flexible dynamic partitioning of resources in a cluster computing environment
US6366945B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5066
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides the mechanism, hereinafter referred to as Flexible Dynamic Partitioning (FDP), to allocate and reallocate resources among scheduling schemes of many types for multicomputing environments. Resources can include, but are not limited to, processors, disks and communications connections. Partitioning of resources can be initiated by both application and system triggers. Once dynamic partitioning is triggered, FDP allows a partition to invoke a set of resource allocation functions associated with its partition. The reallocation function performs a set of resource matchings and determine the necessary resource movement among partitions.
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