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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Scale Computing Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Pagl, San Carlos, CA (US);
Nate Hardt, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Scale Computing, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01);
Abstract
Managing resources in a VM cluster; allocation of resources among competing VMs. Assigning VMs to real devices, responsive to needs for resources: processor usage, disk I/O, network I/O, memory space, disk space. Assigning VMs responsive to needs for cluster activity: network response latency, QoS. Using predictive models of resource usage by VMs. Transferring VMs, improving utilization. Failing-soft onto alternative VM resources. Providing a resource buffer for collective VM resource demand. Transferring VMs to a cloud service that charges for resources.