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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Karthik Saligrama Ramachandra, Madison, WA (US);
David Johns DeWitt, Madison, WI (US);
Shize Xu, Redmond, WA (US);
Qun Guo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ajay Kalhan, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter Alan Carlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Willis Lang, Edina, MN (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Managing cluster resources for a cluster. The method includes identifying a plurality of quiescence policies. Each of the quiescence policies define one or more conditions for cluster entities which when met, identify that cluster resources should be reclaimed from cluster entities by quiescing cluster entities. The method further includes, for each quiescence policy, identifying an amount of reclaimed capacity defining the amount of cluster resources that will be reclaimed by implementing the quiescence policy. The method further includes, for each quiescence policy, identifying an amount of reserve capacity defining the amount of cluster resources that should be reserved for resuming quiesced cluster entities. The method further includes; selecting a quiescence policy based on comparing the reclaimed capacities and reserve capacities for the quiescence policies. The method further includes, booking cluster resources for cluster entities on the cluster according to the selected quiescence policy.