Dynamic adaptive server provisioning for blade architectures
First Claim
1. A method for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly comprising:
- receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly;
said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server;
determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool;
determining that the QoS attribute is below a standard;
allocating a free blade server from a free server pool for use by the application server pool; and
if the free server pool does not have an available blade server for allocation to the application server pool and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, then allocating a different blade server from a second application server pool in the rack to and for use by the application server pool if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is higher than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the application server pool and of the different blade server allocated to the application server pool, wherein the first application server pool, the second application server pool, and the free server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly. The method includes receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly, and determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool. If the QoS attribute is below a standard, a blade server is allocated from a free server pool for use by the application server pool. If the QoS attribute is above a standard, at least one server is removed from the application server pool. An article of manufacture including a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly.
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55 Claims
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1. A method for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly comprising:
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receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is below a standard; allocating a free blade server from a free server pool for use by the application server pool; and if the free server pool does not have an available blade server for allocation to the application server pool and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, then allocating a different blade server from a second application server pool in the rack to and for use by the application server pool if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is higher than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the application server pool and of the different blade server allocated to the application server pool, wherein the first application server pool, the second application server pool, and the free server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, 32, 36, 40, 43, 46, 50, 53)
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7. A method for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly comprising:
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receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is above a standard; based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, removing the use of the blade server from the application server pool and allocating the blade server for use by a second application server pool in the rack if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is lower than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the second application server pool and of the blade server allocated to the second application server pool, wherein the application server pool and the second application server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly. - View Dependent Claims (8, 17, 33, 37, 47)
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9. A method for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly comprising:
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receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is below a standard; determining that no blade server in a free server pool is available for use; and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, selecting a lower priority blade server in a second application server pool in the rack for use by the application server pool if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is higher than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the application server pool and of the lower priority blade server allocated to the application server pool, wherein the application server pool, the second application server pool, and the free server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 34, 38, 41, 44, 48, 51, 54)
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19. A method for automatically allocating computing resources of a rack-and-blade computer assembly comprising:
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receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is below a standard; determining that a free server pool has a free blade server available for use; selecting from the free server pool the available free blade server for use by the application server pool; and if the free server pool does not have the available free blade server and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, then selecting a different blade server from a second application server pool in the rack for use by the application server pool if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is higher than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the application server pool and of the different blade server allocated to the application server pool, wherein the application server pool, the second application server pool, and the free server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, 39, 42, 45, 49, 52, 55)
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28. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable, non-transitory medium having stored thereon instructions for; receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is above a standard; based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, removing the use of the blade server from the application server pool and allocating the blade server for use by a second application server pool in the rack if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is lower than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the second application server pool and of the blade server allocated to the second application server pool, wherein the application server pool and the second application server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly.
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29. An article of manufacture comprising:
a machine-readable, non-transitory medium having stored thereon instructions for; receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one Qos attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is above a standard; and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, removing the use of the blade server from the application server pool and allocating the blade server for use by a second application server pool in the rack if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is lower than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the second application server pool and of the blade server allocated to the second application server pool.
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30. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable, non-transitory medium having stored thereon instructions for; receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is below a standard; determining that no blade servers in a free server pool is available for use; and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, selecting for use by the application server pool a lower priority blade server in a second application server pool in the rack if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is higher than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the application server pool and of the lower priority blade server allocated to the application server pool, wherein the application server pool, the second application server pool, and the free server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly.
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31. An article of manufacture comprising:
a machine-readable, non-transitory medium having stored thereon instructions for; receiving server performance information from an application server pool disposed in a rack of a rack-and-blade computer assembly; said application server pool comprising a blade server including an associated server agent for measuring performance of an application running on the blade server; determining at least one QoS attribute for the application server pool; determining that the QoS attribute is below a standard; determining that a free server pool has a free blade server available for use; selecting from the free server pool the available free blade server for use by the application server pool; and if the free server pool does not have the available blade server and based upon a request priority value of a resource request from the application, then selecting a different blade server from a second application server pool in the rack for use by the application server pool if the application server pool has a first application server pool priority that is higher than a second application server pool priority that is associated with the second application server pool, so that the application runs on resources of the application server pool and of the different blade server allocated to the application server pool, wherein the application server pool, the second application server pool, and the free server pool are each disposed in said rack of said rack-and-blade computer assembly.
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