Managing risk in resource over-committed systems
US8762525B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/503
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Risk associated with over-committing shared resources is determined. In response to receiving a request to provision a new workload, a candidate mix of virtual machines is selected from plurality of virtual machines already running on a cloud infrastructure. A utilization profile is then created for an aggregate behavior of the candidate mix of virtual machines and a new virtual machine running the new workload. A risk inherent in over-commitment if the new workload is grouped with the candidate mix of virtual machines is determined, and whether that risk is acceptable. If the risk is acceptable, the new workload is provisioned by over-committing the candidate mix of virtual machines with the new virtual machine running on the cloud infrastructure.
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