System for automatically activating reserve hardware component based on hierarchical resource deployment scheme or rate of resource consumption
First Claim
1. A method to automatically activate a reserve hardware component, comprising:
- monitoring a load on a number of active resources;
comparing said load to a threshold specified in a resource usage policy; and
automatically activating said reserve hardware component when dictated by said resource usage policy, wherein the threshold specified in said resource usage policy is a rate of active resource consumption.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method to automatically activate a reserve resource when the load on a number of active resources (e.g., a number of CPUs or servers) meets a threshold. A resource usage policy specifying at least one threshold and having a corresponding task is compared to a monitored load on the active resource. When the monitored load meets the threshold as specified in the resource usage policy, the corresponding task is performed. For instance, the corresponding task can be to signal an event manager (e.g., a pager), to activate a reserve resource, etc. Once a reserve resource is activated, the load is balanced among the number of active resources and the activated reserve resource. When the load drops below the threshold, the processor can deactivate the reserve resource. In a preferred embodiment, the processor updates a configuration profile for tracking each of the resources. Another embodiment includes charging a fee for monitoring and activation.
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1. A method to automatically activate a reserve hardware component, comprising:
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monitoring a load on a number of active resources; comparing said load to a threshold specified in a resource usage policy; and automatically activating said reserve hardware component when dictated by said resource usage policy, wherein the threshold specified in said resource usage policy is a rate of active resource consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for automatically activating a reserve hardware component, comprising:
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at least one computer readable storage media; a resource usage policy stored on said at least one computer readable storage media; and computer readable program code stored on said at least one computer readable storage media, said computer readable program code comprising; program code for monitoring a load on a number of active resources; program code for comparing said monitored load to a threshold specified in said resource usage policy; program code for activating said reserve hardware component when dictated by said resource usage policy; and program code for selecting a reserve hardware component to activate based on a hierarchical resource deployment scheme. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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