Realtime optimization of compute infrastructure in a virtualized environment
US9940162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/5022
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method is provided to dynamically optimize the topography of a compute cluster in real time based on the runtime configuration, specified as metadata, of jobs in a queuing or scheduling environment. The system provisions or terminates multiple types of virtualized resources based on the profile of all applications of the jobs in a current queue based on their aggregate runtime configuration specified as requirements and rank expressions within associated metadata. The system will continually request and terminate compute resources as jobs enter and exit the queue, keeping the cluster as minimal as possible while still being optimized to complete all jobs in the queue, optimized for cost, runtime or other metric. End users can specify the runtime requirements of jobs, thereby preventing the user from having to know about the physical profile of the compute cluster to specifically architect their jobs.
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