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Representing capacities and demands in a layered computing environment using normalized values

  • US 20030084155A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2001
  • Published: 05/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying optimal allocations of computing resources in a data processing arrangement having a plurality of computing machines that host a plurality of application processes, comprising:

  • establishing a plurality of server models, each server model including one or more server nodes, wherein each server node has an associated set of capacity attributes;

    designating a layered relationship between the server models, wherein for a first server-model layer immediately above a second server-model layer, the second server-model layer includes respective models that represent the nodes in the first server-model layer;

    establishing a plurality of service models, each service model including one or more service nodes, wherein each service node has an associated set of demand attributes;

    designating a layered relationship between the service models, wherein for a first service-model layer immediately above a second service-model layer, the second service-model layer includes respective models that represent the nodes in the first server-model layer;

    normalizing the capacity attributes and the demand attributes; and

    generating an optimized mapping of service nodes in a user-selected service model to server nodes in a user-selected server model as a function of the associated sets of demand and capacity attributes.

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