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System and method of providing reservation masks within a compute environment

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  • US 7,890,629 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2005
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment wherein each node in the multi-node compute environment is under common management, the method comprising:

  • identifying a need type, the need type being associated with a need of at least one of a user and a job to be submitted, and a group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment;

    based on the need type and the group of available compute resources, creating a non-consumption reservation mask covering multiple nodes within the multi-node compute environment, the non-consumption reservation mask comprising a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations; and

    if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for the consumer to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not enforcing any constraints for creating the consumption sub-reservation.

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