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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2007
Applicants:

Mustafa Uysal, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Pradeep Padala, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Xiaoyun Zhu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Zhikui Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sharad Singhal, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Arif A. Merchant, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Kenneth Salem, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Mustafa Uysal, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Pradeep Padala, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Xiaoyun Zhu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Zhikui Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sharad Singhal, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Arif A. Merchant, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Kenneth Salem, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for controlling resource allocation is provided. The method includes determining a service metric associated with a first application, wherein the first application is associated with one or more virtual machines. The method further includes comparing the service metric to an application specific service level goal associated with the first application and modifying a resource allocation associated with the first application at one or more of the virtual machines.


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