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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Zhikui Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Xue Liu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Stewart, Rochester, NY (US);
Xiaoyun Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Terence Kelly, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sharad Singhal, Belmont, CA (US);
Zhikui Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Xue Liu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Stewart, Rochester, NY (US);
Xiaoyun Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Terence Kelly, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sharad Singhal, Belmont, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to dynamically resizing a virtual machine container. According to one embodiment, an optimal utilization is determined based on a desired performance for a multi-tiered application and transaction mix information that describes a mix of transactions that result from executing the multi-tiered application. Automatic modification of an amount of a physical resource a virtual machine container is entitled to for executing a particular application component associated with the multi-tiered application is enabled where the amount is automatically modified based on the optimal utilization.