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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Khalid Ahmed, Markham, CA;
David Bigagli, Toronto, CA;
Zhenhua HU, Scarborough, CA;
Jingwen Wang, Richmond Hill, CA;
Khalid Ahmed, Markham, CA;
David Bigagli, Toronto, CA;
Zhenhua Hu, Scarborough, CA;
Jingwen Wang, Richmond Hill, CA;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A resource manager for managing the sharing of resources among multiple workloads in a distributed computing environment. The resource manager comprises an allocation service component which applies a resource allocation policy to determine whether the requested resources may be allocated. The resource manager also comprises a dynamic provisioning service component which applies a reprovisioning policy to modify the make-up of the resources in response to unsatisfied resource requests. The allocation of resources to consumers may be determined in accordance with the resource ownership and share rights of the consumer on behalf of which the application or workload is being demanded.