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ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO VIRTUAL MACHINES VIA A WEIGHTED COST RATIO

  • US 20130263117A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2012
  • Published: 10/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of estimates of costs of executing a plurality of respective queries from a plurality of respective virtual machines using a plurality of respective estimated resources allocated to the plurality of respective virtual machines;

    selecting a selected virtual machine of the plurality of respective virtual machines with a lowest weighted cost ratio as compared to all other of the plurality of respective virtual machines;

    finding a source virtual machine from among the plurality of respective virtual machines with a lowest current resource usage percentage;

    calculating an amount of a resource to deallocate from the source virtual machine, wherein the calculating further comprises estimating the amount of the resource to deallocate that does not raise the lowest current resource usage percentage of the source virtual machine over a maximum resource threshold;

    deallocating the amount of the resource from the source virtual machine; and

    allocating the amount of the resource to the selected virtual machine.

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