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Coordinating service performance and application placement management

US8224465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 2010
Grant dateJul 17, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/505
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Coordinating tasks of performance management and application placement management in a dynamic fashion by: estimating capacity needs for various service classes of service requests; computing desired capacities of at least one application for said service requests; deciding whether the desired capacities are satisfied by a current application placement; making no change to current application placement if the desired capacities are satisfied; determining a new application placement based on the desired capacities and a projected load if the desired capacities are not satisfied; computing corresponding capacity constraints for all pairs of service classes and servers; and computing an optimal allocation of capacities among the service classes so as to optimize a quality of service.

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