System and method for distributed management of shared computers
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- separating a plurality of computers at a co-location facility into a plurality of clusters;
leasing the clusters to a plurality of tenants; and
allowing secure communications channels to be established between the computers in the cluster leased to the tenant and an operations management console of the tenant.
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Abstract
A multi-tiered server management architecture is employed including an application development tier, an application operations tier, and a cluster operations tier. In the application development tier, applications are developed for execution on one or more server computers. In the application operations tier, execution of the applications is managed and sub-boundaries within a cluster of servers can be established. In the cluster operations tier, operation of the server computers is managed without concern for what applications are executing on the one or more server computers and boundaries between clusters of servers can be established. The multi-tiered server management architecture can also be employed in co-location facilities where clusters of servers are leased to tenants, with the tenants implementing the application operations tier and the facility owner (or operator) implementing the cluster operations tier.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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separating a plurality of computers at a co-location facility into a plurality of clusters;
leasing the clusters to a plurality of tenants; and
allowing secure communications channels to be established between the computers in the cluster leased to the tenant and an operations management console of the tenant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, cause the one or more processors to:
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allow the computer to be separated into one of a plurality of clusters of computers at a co-location facility, wherein the plurality of clusters are leased to a plurality of tenants; and
allow a secure communications channel to be established between the computer and an operations management console of one of the plurality of tenants to which the computer is leased. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer comprising:
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means for allowing the computer to be separated into one of a plurality of clusters of computers at a co-location facility, wherein the plurality of clusters are leased to a plurality of tenants; and
means for allowing a secure communications channel to be established between the computer and an operations management console of one of the plurality of tenants to which the computer is leased. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer comprising:
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a processor; and
a computer readable medium coupled to the processor, the computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;
allow the computer to be separated into one of a plurality of clusters of computers at a co-location facility, wherein the plurality of clusters are leased to a plurality of tenants; and
allow a secure communications channel to be established between the computer and an operations management console of one of the plurality of tenants to which the computer is leased. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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