Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

F Bruce Shepherd

Navendu Jain

Ishai Menache

Joseph (Seffi) Naor

There is provided a method and system for process migration in a data center network. The method includes selecting processes to be migrated from a number of overloaded servers within a data center network based on an overload status of each overloaded server. Additionally, the method includes selecting, for each selected process, one of a number of underloaded servers to which to migrate the selected process based on an underload status of each underloaded server, and based on a parameter of a network component by which the selected process is to be migrated. The method also includes migrating each selected process to the selected underloaded server such that a migration finishes within a specified budget.

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F Bruce Shepherd