Resource Equalization for Inter- and Intra- Data Center Operations

• US 20090240798A1
• Filed: 03/18/2008
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hamilton, James R., Chitsaz, Behrooz, Zhao, Feng, Treadwell, David R. III, Manos, Michael J., Norlander, Rebecca A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,171,115 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/502 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• 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

An exemplary component for managing requests for resources in a data center includes a service request module for receiving requests for resources from a plurality of services and a resource module to monitor resources in a data center and to match received requests to resources. Such a component optionally includes an application programming interface (API) that provides for sending information in response to an API call made by a service. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A component for managing requests for resources in a data center, the component implemented in part by a computing device and comprising:

a service request module for receiving requests for resources from a plurality of services; and

a resource module to monitor resources in a data center and to match received requests to resources.

2. The component of claim 1 wherein the resource module monitors utilization of resources in the data center.

3. The component of claim 1 wherein the resource module monitors one or more resources selected from a group consisting of processor resources, memory resources, bandwidth resources, I/O resources and disk resources.

4. The component of claim 1 wherein the resource module matches received requests to resources based on a first-in-first-out scheme.

5. The component of claim 1 wherein the resource module matches received requests to resources based on a service associated priority scheme.

6. The component of claim 5 wherein the resource module comprises an anti-starvation mechanism.

7. The component of claim 1 wherein the plurality of services comprise asynchronous peak demands.

8. The component of claim 1 wherein the service request module comprises an application programming interface (API).

9. The component of claim 8 wherein the API provides for sending information in response to an API call.

10. The component of claim 9 wherein the information comprises cost information associated with cost of resources required to service a request.

11. The component of claim 10 wherein the cost information comprises cost based in part on utilization of resources in the data center.

12. A component for managing requests for resources in a plurality of data centers, the component implemented in part by a computing device and comprising:

a service request module for receiving requests for resources from a plurality of services; and

a resource module to monitor resources in a plurality of data centers and to match received requests to resources.

13. The component of claim 12 comprising a geographic location module that maintains a geographic location for each of the plurality of data centers.

14. The component of claim 13 wherein the resource module matches requests to resources based in part on geographic location.

15. The component of claim 14 wherein the resource module matches requests to resources based in part on geographic location, resource utilization and power cost of one or more of the plurality of data centers.

16. The component of claim 12 wherein the service request module comprises an application programming interface (API).

17. The component of claim 16 wherein the API provides for sending information in response to an API call.

18. The component of claim 17 wherein the information comprises cost information associated with cost of resources required to service a request.

19. The component of claim 12 wherein the resource module matches requests to resources based in part on cost of resources.

20. A component for managing requests for resources in a data center, the component implemented in part by a computing device and comprising:

a service request module for receiving requests for resources from a plurality of services; and

a resource module to monitor resources in a data center, to communicate with a resource module that monitors resources in another data center and to match received requests to resources in the data center or in the other data center.