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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Alex X. Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Fereydoon Safai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dirk M. Beyer, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Jerome Rolia, Kanata, CA;
Marie-jo L. Fremont, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex X. Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Fereydoon Safai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dirk M. Beyer, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Jerome Rolia, Kanata, CA;
Marie-Jo L. Fremont, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for server consolidation is provided. The method includes accessing performance data of a plurality of source servers, receiving multiple consolidation parameters for a desired target server, receiving selected configurations for a new target server, computing a minimum number of target servers required to consolidate the plurality of source servers based at least on the performance data, the selected configurations for the desired target server, and the multiple consolidation parameters, and deriving a bin-packing solution to the server consolidation based at least on the performance data, the selected configurations for the new target server, and the minimum number for the one or more performance metrics.