Resource allocation based on anticipated resource underutilization in a logically partitioned multi-processor environment
US8495627B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/508
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and program product for allocating resources in a logically partitioned multiprocessor environment. Resource usage is monitored in a first logical partition in the logically partitioned multiprocessor environment to predict a future underutilization of a resource in the first logical partition. An application executing in a second logical partition in the logically partitioned multiprocessor environment is configured for execution in the second logical partition with an assumption made that at least a portion of the underutilized resource is allocated to the second logical partition during at least a portion of the predicted future underutilization of the resource.
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