Distributed virtual machine monitor for managing multiple virtual resources across multiple physical nodes
US8776050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/50
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A management capability is provided for a virtual computing platform. In one example, this platform allows interconnected physical resources such as processors, memory, network interfaces and storage interfaces to be abstracted and mapped to virtual resources (e.g., virtual mainframes, virtual partitions). Virtual resources contained in a virtual partition can be assembled into virtual servers that execute a guest operating system (e.g., Linux). In one example, the abstraction is unique in that any resource is available to any virtual server regardless of the physical boundaries that separate the resources. For example, any number of physical processors or any amount of physical memory can be used by a virtual server even if these resources span different nodes.
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