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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
Lincoln K. Uyeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Rina Panigrahy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ehud Wieder, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kunal Talwar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lincoln K. Uyeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Rina Panigrahy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ehud Wieder, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kunal Talwar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for packing virtual machines onto host devices may calculate scarcity values for several different parameters. A host's scarcity for a parameter may be determined by multiplying the host's capacity for a parameter with the overall scarcity of that parameter. The sum of a host's scarcity for all the parameters determines the host's overall scarcity. Hosts having the highest scarcity are attempted to be populated with a group of virtual machines selected for compatibility with the host. In many cases, several different scenarios may be evaluated and an optimal scenario implemented. The method gives a high priority to those virtual machines that consume scarce resources, with the scarcity being a function of the available hardware and the virtual machines that may be placed on them.