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Server farm management

  • US 10,180,860 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2015
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing a server farm, comprising:

  • a data store configured to store a farm goal, wherein the farm goal is maintained within the data store;

    a build system that is operative to;

    access one or more build projects that specify actions to create a set of virtual hard disks and virtual machines for deployment; and

    configure the farm goal responsive to changes in capacity needs of the server farm; and

    a manager that is operative to;

    access a goal that specifies at least a target number of machines for a virtual machine role by retrieving the farm goal from the data store; and

    automatically deploy virtual machines built using the virtual hard disks based on the farm goal.

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