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SELECTION OF A SUITABLE NODE TO HOST A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN AN ENVIRONMENT CONTAINING A LARGE NUMBER OF NODES

  • US 20110029672A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2009
  • Published: 02/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of selecting suitable nodes to host virtual machines (VMs) in a grid containing a plurality of nodes, wherein said plurality of nodes includes a set of machine nodes capable of hosting VMs, said method comprising:

  • maintaining information indicating corresponding resources available for hosting VMs in each of said set of machine nodes, wherein said information is maintained distributed over a set of management nodes contained in said plurality of nodes;

    receiving an indication that a first VM requiring a first set of resources is sought to be hosted;

    identifying based on said distributed information a first machine node having available said first set of resources, wherein said first machine node is contained in said set of machine nodes; and

    provisioning said first VM on said first machine node.

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