SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RESERVATION MASKS WITHIN A COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110138056A1
• Filed: 02/10/2011
• Published: 06/09/2011
• 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 B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/468 Specific access rights for resources, e.g. using capability register

Abstract

A system, method and computer-readable media for providing a reservation mask for compute resources such as a cluster or a grid. The method aspect comprises identifying a need type and a group of available resources, creating a reservation mask over the identified group of resources and if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining the creation of a reservation for the consumer to only use resources within the reservation mask.

Claims

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

identifying a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data;

based on the identified data, creating a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and

if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a set of non-consumption reservation masks covering the multiple nodes, wherein multiple consumption sub-reservations created from multiple consumer requests are each constrained to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the set of non-consumption reservation masks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the non-consumption reservation mask further comprises specifying at least one timeframe during which the non-consumption reservation mask enforces constraints.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of independent time frames.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of regular, periodic timeframes.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

specifying an access control list that constrains which consumers can utilize compute resources within the non-consumption reservation mask.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the need type comprises at least one of:

a particular use, a user, a group of users, a job source and a type of job submission.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein need type is a personal reservation that comprises a reservation that dedicates resource access to at least one of a user and a group of users.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein if the personal reservation provides access to resources to a group of users, then each reservation and reservation timeframe are determined by a user in the group of users that requests the respective reservation.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation further comprises modifying at least one of:

an access control list, reserved resources and a time frame covered.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for controlling a computing device to manage compute resources in a multi-node compute environment, the instructions comprising:

identifying a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data;

based on the identified data, creating a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and

if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise:

creating a set of non-consumption reservation masks covering the multiple nodes, wherein multiple consumption sub-reservations created from multiple consumer requests are each constrained to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the set of non-consumption reservation masks.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the need type comprises at least one of:

a particular use, a user, a group of users, a job source and a type of job submission.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold.

20. A system for managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment, the system comprising:

a processor;

a first module configured to control the processor to identify a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data;

a second module configured to control the processor, based on the identified data, to create a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and

a third module configured to control the processor, if a request from a consumer matches the need type, to constrain a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not to constrain the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.