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VIRTUAL MACHINE UTILITY COMPUTING METHOD AND SYSTEM

  • US 20100199285A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2009
  • Published: 08/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allocating virtual machines to support changing computing resource requirements of an application over time, the method comprising:

  • generating a prediction of future virtual machine utilization for the application based upon past resource utilization statistics;

    receiving resource utilization statistics from a set of virtual machines currently supporting the application;

    adjusting the prediction using the received resource utilization statistics; and

    transmitting instructions relating to provisioning virtual machines for the application in accordance with the adjusted prediction.

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