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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Kong Yang, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ananda C. Sankaran, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kong Yang, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ananda C. Sankaran, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to handle peak database workloads is disclosed. In one form of the disclosure, the method can include requesting resources, receiving virtual-machine information in response to requesting, and allocating first and second portions of a workload according to the virtual-machine information. The method can also include processing the first portion on a virtual machine to generate a first result, processing the second portion on a cloned virtual machine to generate a second result, and aggregating the first and the second results to form a response.