Shifting information technology workload demands
US8683479B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to shift information technology workload demands are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises obtaining demand profiles for workloads in an information technology infrastructure, each demand profile representing resource utilization over time to support a respective workload, and evaluating the demand profiles to shift, in time, assignment of at least one of the workloads to resources of the information technology infrastructure based on a target demand profile for an aggregation of the workloads.
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