SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVANCED RESERVATIONS IN A COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20070220152A1
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Adaptive Computing Enterprises, Inc. (Ala Services LLC)
• Inventors: Jackson, David
• Granted Patent: US 7,725,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5013 Request control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5014 Reservation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5021 Priority
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/506 Constraint
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5038 considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks, e.g. taking priority or time dependency constraints into consideration scheduling strategies G06F9/4881 and subgroups
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for dynamically reserving resources within a cluster environment. The method embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a request for resources in the cluster environment, monitoring events after receiving the request for resources and based on the monitored events, dynamically modifying at least one of the request for resources and the cluster environment.

Claims

1. A method of managing resources within a compute environment, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a requester for resources in the compute environment;

reserving resources in the compute environment according to the request; and

charging the requestor based on the reservation of resources.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein charging the requestor further comprises charging a specific rate for the reserved resources whether the reserved resources are used or not.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein charging the requester further comprises charging a first rate for reserved resources that are used and a second rate for reserved resources that are not used.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a used resources is consumed by a job run within the reservation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a reservation for resources within the compute environment based on the request for resource; and

dynamically customizing resources within the reservation to meet workload submitted within the reservation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the reservation is associated with one of an individual or a group.

7. A system of managing resources within a compute environment, the system comprising:

a module configured to receive a request from a requestor for resources in the compute environment;

a module configured to reserve resources in the compute environment according to the request; and

a module configured to charge the requestor based on the reservation of resources.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the module configured to charge the requestor further comprises a module configured to charge a specific rate for the reserved resources whether the reserved resources are used or not.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the module configured to charge the requestor further comprises a module configured to charge a first rate for reserved resources that are used and a second rate for reserved resources that are not used.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein a used resources is consumed by a job run within the reservation.

11. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a module configured to create a reservation for resources within the compute environment based on the request for resource; and

a module configured to dynamically customize resources within the reservation to meet workload submitted within the reservation.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the reservation is associated with one of an individual or a group.

13. A computer readable medium storing a computer program having instructions for controlling a computing device to manage resources within a compute environment, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a requester for resources in the compute environment;

reserving resources in the compute environment according to the request; and

charging the requestor based on the reservation of resources.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions for charging the requester further comprise charging a specific rate for the reserved resources whether the reserved resources are used or not.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions for charging the requester further comprise charging a first rate for reserved resources that are used and a second rate for reserved resources that are not used.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein a used resources is consumed by a job run within the reservation.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13, the instructions further comprising:

creating a reservation for resources within the compute environment based on the request for resource; and

dynamically customizing resources within the reservation to meet workload submitted within the reservation.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, the instructions further comprising that the reservation is associated with one of an individual or a group.