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DYNAMIC VIRTUAL MACHINE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS

  • US 20110307887A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2010
  • Published: 12/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dynamically managing a sleep state of a virtual machine, wherein the method comprises:

  • detecting idleness of a virtual machine;

    putting the idle virtual machine into a sleep state;

    implementing a virtual machine surrogate, wherein the virtual machine surrogate listens to network traffic;

    enabling the virtual machine to handle network traffic that is capable of being handled by the virtual machine; and

    enabling the virtual machine to queue network traffic and wake-up the virtual machine in the sleep state for network traffic that the virtual machine surrogate is incapable of handling.

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