Use of GPU for support and acceleration of virtual machines and virtual environments
US8938723B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/4557
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for a system, method and computer program product for using a GPU of a host computer system for supporting functionality of a number of VMs implemented on the host computer system. The GPU usage by a VM includes e.g., sharing a video card with a VM hypervisor; executing applications controlled by the hypervisor; optimization of a snapshot memory consumption; CRC calculations for memory ballooning; on-the-fly disk data encryption; indexing disk data; efficient data compression for HDD; compression of the VM execution trace data and video traffic; computations for backup storage; AV scanning; firewall-related services; traffic encryption (IPSec); processing and restoration of disk transactions; optimization of incremental backups (creation and comparison of snapshots); traffic indexing and replay; isolating some applications on the GPU for virus protection; optimization of runtime compilers.
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