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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Capital One Services, Llc, McLean, VA (US);
Lemin Zhang, McLean, VA (US);
Eric Helvey, McLean, VA (US);
Ashish Kumar, McLean, VA (US);
Michelle Yuan, McLean, VA (US);
Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for improving startup times of a cloud-based virtual servers in response to a spike in service usage (although other applications are contemplated and described). According to some embodiments, in response to a request to provision a new virtual server in a cluster, high-priority services (e.g., those that enable the server to respond to system health checks or that support an application providing the service) are started while lower-priority services are delayed. In some embodiments, prior to receiving such a request, a new server may be started and then hibernated to create a 'hot spare.' When the request is received, the hot spare may be taken out of hibernation to quickly bring the hot spare online. It is contemplated that the delayed-startup and hot spare embodiments may be used together to further improve performance.