Methods and systems that allocate cost of cluster resources in virtual data centers
US9747136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/83
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure presents computational systems and methods that allocate cost of resources of a cluster of server computers used by virtual machines in a virtual data center. In one aspect, a fair unit rate is computed based on the larger of a measured average utilization or an expected utilization of a cluster resource of server computers within a physical data center by virtual machines. The fair unit rate is a cost per unit of resource used over a period of time and is used to compute an allocated cost of the virtual machine usage of the cluster resource.
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