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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Paul Voccio, Windcrest, TX (US);
Antony Joel Messerli, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jason L. Mick, Converse, TX (US);
Alexander Walsh, Halifax, CA;
Paul Voccio, Windcrest, TX (US);
Antony Joel Messerli, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jason L. Mick, Converse, TX (US);
Alexander Walsh, Halifax, CA;
Rackspace US, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
Several different embodiments of a flexible virtual machine management system are described. The virtual machine management system is used to instantiate, wake, move, sleep, and destroy individual operating environments in a cloud or cluster. In various embodiments, the virtual machine management system uses single messages to perform complex operations, allowing for flexible and scalable use of virtual resources in a cluster while still reducing energy consumption to the minimum possible level. In one preferred embodiment, Wake-on-LAN packets are used as the messages.