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Capacity over-commit management in resource provisioning environments

US9245246B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2012
Grant dateJan 26, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/5077
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing capacity over-commitment in a resource provisioning environment. The method comprising collecting historical data about capacity usage in a resource provisioning environment and failure statistics from an operational database, in addition to prior service commitments due to previously contracted service level agreements (SLAs) stored in a SLA repository; calculating equivalent capacity for the resource provisioning environment based on a defined residual benefit goal, and other business goals instrumented by way of a policy engine; and determining whether placing requested virtual resources on one or more hosts is feasible taking into account anti-collocation constraints that prohibit placement of two or more virtual resources on same host.

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