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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Tamar Eilam, New York, NY (US);
German Sergio Goldszmidt, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Ta-hsin LI, Danbury, CT (US);
Tamar Eilam, New York, NY (US);
German Sergio Goldszmidt, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Ta-Hsin Li, Danbury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and structure for dynamic allocation of servers to customers in a server farm which supports a flexible contract structure such that the total revenue of the farm is maximized. The invention creates a resource allocation plan based on a long term forecast for the server farm, taking into account traffic, number of servers, customers' contracts and revenue optimization algorithms. The plan is then modified as indicated by short term forecasting using currently monitored load metrics to reallocate to maximize revenue for particular time periods.