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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2004
Miguel E. Gasca, Jr., San Bernardino, CA (US);
Elfred Pagan, Austin, TX (US);
Abigail A. Tittizer, Austin, TX (US);
Miguel E. Gasca, Jr., San Bernardino, CA (US);
Elfred Pagan, Austin, TX (US);
Abigail A. Tittizer, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for the deployment of resources in a utility services environment, in which various resources are allocated and deallocated according to a calculated need for those resources. Provides is a 'weighted' period of time, or 'window,' corresponding to requests for a particular resource. A configuration file stores information on each resource in the utility services environment and a weighted period of time value corresponding to each resource. A list of provisioning/deprovisioning, or “resource.” actions corresponding to each resource is maintained. Provisioning/deprovisioning actions are correlated with times of execution. When a request for a provisioning/deprovisioning action is received, the list of actions and the configuration file are examined to determine whether or not the requested action has been executed with respect to the particular action within the weighted period of time. If so, the request is discarded without any action taken. If not, the action is executed.