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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
Nbcuniversal Media, Llc, New York, NY (US);
David Mellor, Lynnfield, MA (US);
NBCUniversal Media, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine an optimal cluster option for a data processing job from a set of machine configurations, wherein the optimal cluster option comprises an optimal configuration and a corresponding optimal number of machines having the optimal configuration, determine, from the set of machine configurations, one or more equivalent cluster options comprising equivalent configurations and a corresponding equivalent number of machines having the equivalent configuration to the optimal configuration, generate an ordered cluster options list that prioritizes the optimal cluster option and the one or more equivalent cluster options based upon long-term interruption rates, short-term availability, expected pricing or any combination thereof, and request, based on the ordered cluster options list, allocation of a cluster to implement the data processing job.