Managing resources in computer systems using action permits

US9830566B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Turbonomic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Apostolos Dailianas · Kassandria, GR
• Vivek Nandavanam · New York, US
• Endre Sara · Briarcliff Manor, US
• Danilo Florissi · Briarcliff Manor, US
• Shmuel Kliger · Chappaqua, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/03
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for regulating access of consumers (e.g., applications, containers, or VMs) to resources and services (e.g., storage). In one embodiment, this regulation occurs through the use of access or action permits, referred to as permits that the consumer acquires from an intermediate entity—an Action Manager (AM)—prior to accessing the resource or service. Regulating access includes, for example, controlling one or more of the number of concurrent accesses to a particular resource, the rate at which consumers access the resource, the total number of consumers in a group of consumers accessing the resource, and the total rate at which a group of consumers accesses a resource. According to various embodiments, similar regulation is applied to a group of resources (rather than a single resource).