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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Nikolaos Anerousis, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Gennaro A. Cuomo, Cary, NC (US);
Erik A. Daughtrey, Durham, NC (US);
Brian K. Martin, Cary, NC (US);
Giovanni Pacifici, New York, NY (US);
Michael Spreitzer, Croton-On-Hudson, NY (US);
Malgorzata Steinder, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Asser N. Tantawi, Somers, NY (US);
Nikolaos Anerousis, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Gennaro A. Cuomo, Cary, NC (US);
Erik A. Daughtrey, Durham, NC (US);
Brian K. Martin, Cary, NC (US);
Giovanni Pacifici, New York, NY (US);
Michael Spreitzer, Croton-On-Hudson, NY (US);
Malgorzata Steinder, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Asser N. Tantawi, Somers, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for supporting a large number of intermittently used application clusters without consuming all the resources needed to run server processes for all the application clusters all the time. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises: holding an application request for a dormant application cluster in a holding zone; changing a status of the dormant application cluster to active; changing a status of an unused active application cluster to dormant; stopping server processes for the newly dormant application cluster; starting server processes for the newly active application cluster; and directing the application request held in the holding zone to the server processes for the newly active application cluster.