Adaptive management of computing resources

• US 20080104247A1
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Sharma, Amit Kumar, Verma, Suraj Kumar, Venkatakrishnan, Bharath
• Granted Patent: US 8,315,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5011 Pool
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5022 Workload threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5083 Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method of managing a plurality of computing resources including obtaining a first load threshold and a second load threshold, obtaining a first load value and a second load value, comparing the first load threshold and the second load threshold with the first load value and the second load value, and changing an operating mode of a resource of the plurality of computing resources when both the first load threshold and the second load threshold are between the first load value and the second load value.

Claims

1. A method of managing a plurality of computing resources comprising:

obtaining a first load threshold and a second load threshold;

obtaining a first load value and a second load value;

comparing the first load threshold and the second load threshold with the first load value and the second load value; and

changing an operating mode of a first resource of the plurality of computing resources when both the first load threshold and the second load threshold are between the first load value and the second load value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource comprises:

obtaining a service level metric associated with the plurality of computing resources;

comparing the service level metric with a service level agreement to generate a service level comparison; and

activating the first resource based on the service level comparison.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource comprises:

deactivating the first resource based on a service level agreement, wherein the service level agreement is satisfied after deactivating the first resource.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating mode of the first resource is associated with electrical power consumption.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource is further based on a set of resource management rules.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource changes electrical power consumption of a cooling system associated with the plurality of computing resources.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing an operating mode of a second resource of the plurality of computing resources when the first load value is between the first load threshold and the second load threshold, and when the first load threshold is between the first load value and the second load value.

8. A computer readable medium storing instructions for managing a plurality of resources, the instructions comprising functionality to:

obtain a first load threshold and a second load threshold;

obtain a first load value and a second load value;

compare the first load threshold and the second load threshold with the first load value and the second load value; and

change an operating mode of a first resource of the plurality of computing resources when both the first load threshold and the second load threshold are between the first load value and the second load value.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, the instructions for changing the operating mode of the first resource comprising functionality to:

obtain a service level metric associated with the plurality of computing resources;

compare the service level metric with a service level agreement to generate a service level comparison; and

activate the first resource based on the service level comparison.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, the instructions for changing the operating mode of the first resource comprising functionality to:

deactivate the first resource based on a service level agreement, wherein the service level agreement is satisfied after deactivating the first resource.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource changes electrical power consumption of a cooling system associated with the plurality of computing resources.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource is further based on a set of resource management rules.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise functionality to:

change an operating mode of a second resource of the plurality of computing resources when the first load value is between the first load threshold and the second load threshold, and when the first load threshold is between the first load value and the second load value.

14. A system for managing a plurality of computing resources comprising:

a user interface;

a service level agreement; and

a load manager accessible by the user interface with functionality to;

obtain a first load threshold and a second load threshold,

obtain a first load value and a second load value,

compare the first load threshold and the second load threshold with the first load value and the second load, and

change an operating mode of a first resource of the plurality of computing resources when both the first load threshold and the second load threshold are between the first load value and the second load value.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the load manager further comprising functionality to:

change an operating mode of a second resource of the plurality of computing resources when the first load value is between the first load threshold and the second load threshold, and when the first load threshold is between the first load value and the second load value.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

a resource management rule repository associated with at least one selected from the group consisting of the plurality of computing resources and the load manager.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the load manager further comprises functionality to:

obtain a service level metric associated with the plurality of computing resources;

compare the service level metric with the service level agreement to generate a service level comparison; and

activate the first resource based on the service level comparison.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the load manager further comprises functionality to:

deactivate the first resource based on the service level agreement, wherein the service level agreement is satisfied after deactivating the first resource.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of computing resources forms a grid cluster.

20. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

a cooling system associated with the plurality of computing resources, wherein changing the operating mode of the first resource changes electrical power consumed by the cooling system.