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Assignment of resources in virtual machine pools

US8904008B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Bradley Gene Calder · Bellevue, US
Ju Wang · Redmond, US
Vaman Bedekar · Redmond, US
Sriram Sankaran · Bellevue, US
Marvin McNett, II · Redmond, US
Pradeep Kumar Gunda · Bellevue, US
Yang Zhang · San Diego, US
Shyam Antony · Bellevue, US
Kavitha Manivannan · Redmond, US
Hemal Khatri · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2012
Grant date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/5014
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for assigning and associating resources in a cloud computing environment. Virtual machines in the cloud computing environment can be assigned or associated with pools corresponding to users as dedicated, standby, or preemptible machines. The various states provide users with the ability to reserve a desired level of resources while also allowing the operator of the cloud computing environment to increase resource utilization.

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