System and method for managing usage quotas
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for managing computer resource usage quotas includes a distributed gateway service, a plurality of clients, an internal network, a distributed storage service a system management service, a configuration database, and a distributed metadata service. A method for managing computer resource usage quotas applied to a plurality of users of data includes the steps of defining one or more resource classes, defining at least one usage policy for the resource classes, tracking quota usage for the usage quotas in accordance with the usage policy, and enforcing quota usage for the usage quotas, and storing the data in accord with the resource class definitions. Optionally, the quota usage may be aggregated.
-
Citations
32 Claims
-
1-13. -13. (canceled)
-
14. A method for managing the cost of utilization of computer resources, said method comprising the steps of:
-
a) defining classes of computer resources based on quality of service attributes the classes having assigned costs;
b) defining computer resource usage policies based on said class definitions;
c) managing the cost of utilization of the computer resources by using the computer resources according to said usage policies; and
d) controlling usage of the computer resources by particular users based on the assigned costs and usage policies. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A method for managing computer resources, comprising the steps of:
-
a) defining classes of persistent computer resources, said classes having assigned costs;
b) defining computer resource usage policies;
c) applying said usage policies to said classes;
d) generating reports on the usage of said classes; and
e) controlling usage of said persistent computer resources by particular individuals according to said defined classes in accordance with said computer resource usage policies and assigned costs. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
-
-
21. (canceled)
Specification