Method and Device for Adjusting Virtual Resource and Computer Readable Storage Medium

• US 20130125116A1
• Filed: 12/08/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Huang, Yen-Wen, Chung, Hui-Kuang, Lee, Han-Chao, Liu, Kun-Hsing
• Application Number:
  US13/314,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20130125116A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45579 I/O management, e.g. providing access to device drivers or storage
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5022 Workload threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

A method for adjusting a virtual resource used in a virtual system is provided. The method comprises the following steps. At least one virtual machine is provided in the virtual system, and the at least one virtual machine has maximum and minimum thresholds of I/O (Input/Output) loading and maximum and minimum thresholds of operation loading. An I/O loading amount and an operation loading amount of the total loading amount of the virtual system are retrieved. The relationship of the I/O loading amount and the maximum and minimum thresholds of I/O loading is determined to adjust the number of the virtual machine, and the relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum and minimum thresholds of operation loading is determined as well to adjust an unit resource amount of the virtual machine.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a virtual resource used in a virtual system, the method comprising:

providing at least one virtual machine in the virtual system, the at least one virtual machine having a maximum I/O (Input/Output) load threshold, a minimum I/O load threshold, a maximum operation load threshold and a minimum operation load threshold;

retrieving an I/O loading amount and an operation loading amount from a total data loading amount of the virtual system;

determining a relationship of the I/O loading amount and the maximum I/O load threshold and the minimum I/O load threshold and determining a relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold;

adjusting a number of the at least one virtual machine according to the relationship of the I/O loading amount and the maximum I/O load threshold and the minimum I/O load threshold, and adjusting an unit resource amount of the at least one virtual machine according to the relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

increasing the number of the at least one virtual machine when the I/O loading amount is larger than the maximum I/O load threshold.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of increasing the number of the at least one virtual machine is to increase the number of the at least one virtual machine having the smallest unit resource amount.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein when the I/O loading amount is larger than the maximum I/O load threshold such that the number of the at least one virtual machine is increased, the step of determining the relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold further comprises:

determining whether the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased;

when the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased, increasing the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased;

determining whether the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased; and

when the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased, the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased is decreased.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of increasing the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased is to increase the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased that has the largest unit resource amount.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

decreasing the number of the at least one virtual machine when the I/O loading amount is smaller than the minimum I/O load threshold.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of decreasing the number of the at least one virtual machine when the I/O loading amount is smaller than the minimum I/O load threshold is to decrease the number of the at least one virtual machine having the smallest unit resource amount.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein when the I/O loading amount is smaller than the minimum I/O load threshold such that the number of the at least one virtual machine is decreased, the step of determining the relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold further comprises:

determining whether the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been decreased;

when the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine having the decreased amount, decreasing the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been decreased;

determining whether the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been decreased; and

when the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been decreased, the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been decreased is increased.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of decreasing the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been decreased is to decrease the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine that has the smallest unit resource amount after the number of the at least one virtual machine has been decreased.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the I/O loading amount comprises a network access amount and a hard disk access amount.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation loading amount comprises a CPU (central processing unit) operation amount and a memory access amount.

12. A device for adjusting virtual resource used in a virtual system having at least one virtual machine, wherein the device comprises:

a retrieving module for retrieving an I/O loading amount and an operation loading amount of a total data loading amount of the virtual system;

a determining module to determine the relation of the I/O loading amount and a maximum I/O load threshold and a minimum I/O load threshold of the at least one virtual machine and determining the relation of the operation loading amount and a maximum operation load threshold and a minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine; and

an adjusting module to adjust the number of the at least one virtual machine according to the relation of the I/O loading amount and the maximum I/O load threshold and the minimum I/O load threshold and to adjust an unit resource amount of the virtual machine according to the relation of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein when the I/O loading amount is larger than the maximum I/O load threshold, the adjusting module increases the number of the at least one virtual machine.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein adjusting module increases the number of the virtual machine having the smallest unit resource amount.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein when the I/O loading amount is larger than the maximum I/O load threshold such that the number of the at least one virtual machine is increased, the determining module further determines whether the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is increased;

and the adjusting module increases the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machines of which the number has been increased when the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machines of which the number has been increased; and

the determining module further determines whether the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased, and the adjusting module decreases the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased when the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the adjusting module increases the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number has been increased that has the largest unit resource amount.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein the adjusting module decreases the number of the at least one virtual machine when the I/O loading amount is smaller than the minimum I/O load threshold.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the adjusting module decreases the number of the at least one virtual machine having the smallest unit resource amount.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein when the I/O loading amount is smaller than the minimum I/O load threshold such that the number of the at least one virtual machine is decreased, the determining module further determines whether the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is decreased;

and the adjusting module decreases the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is decreased when the operation loading amount is smaller than the minimum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is decreased; and

the determining module further determines whether the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is decreased; and

the adjusting module increases the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is decreased when the operation loading amount is larger than the maximum operation load threshold of the at least one virtual machine of which the number is decreased.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the adjusting module decreases the unit resource amount of one of the at least one virtual machine that has the smallest unit resource amount after the number of the at least one virtual machine has been decreased.

21. The device of claim 12, wherein the I/O loading amount comprises a network access amount and a hard disk access amount.

22. The device of claim 12, wherein the operation loading amount comprises a central processing unit operation amount and a memory access amount.

23. A computer readable storage medium to store a computer program to execute a method for adjusting virtual resource used in a virtual system, the method comprises the steps of:

providing at least one virtual machine in the virtual system having a maximum I/O load threshold, a minimum I/O load threshold, a maximum operation load threshold and a minimum operation load threshold;

retrieving an I/O loading amount and an operation loading amount of the total data loading amount of the virtual system;

determining a relationship of the I/O loading amount and the maximum I/O load threshold and the minimum I/O load threshold, and determining a relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold;

adjusting the number of the at least one virtual machine according to the relationship of the I/O loading amount and the maximum I/O load threshold and the minimum I/O load threshold and adjusting an unit resource amount of the at least one virtual machine according to the relationship of the operation loading amount and the maximum operation load threshold and the minimum operation load threshold.