Migration of a virtual machine in response to regional environment effects
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1. A method of placing virtual machines on physical machines, comprising:
- receiving, by at least one controller, indicators related to regional environment effects, wherein the indicators are related to an availability of an alternative source of power, where the alternative source of power is at least one selected from among sunlight, a hydroelectric power source, and a wind power source; and
selecting, by the at least one controller, at least one of the virtual machines to migrate from one or more first physical machines to one or more second physical machines in response to the availability of the alternative source of power as indicated in the received indicators.
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Abstract
To place virtual machines on physical machines, at least one controller receives indicators related to regional environment effects. The at least one controller selects at least one of the virtual machines to migrate from one or more first physical machines to one or more second physical machines in response to the received indicators.
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1. A method of placing virtual machines on physical machines, comprising:
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receiving, by at least one controller, indicators related to regional environment effects, wherein the indicators are related to an availability of an alternative source of power, where the alternative source of power is at least one selected from among sunlight, a hydroelectric power source, and a wind power source; and selecting, by the at least one controller, at least one of the virtual machines to migrate from one or more first physical machines to one or more second physical machines in response to the availability of the alternative source of power as indicated in the received indicators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a computer to:
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receive information related to regional environment effects, wherein the received information includes availability of an alternative source of power, and availability of cooler weather in one region as compared to another region, where the alternative source of power is at least one selected from among sunlight, a hydroelectric power source, and a wind power source; select at least one of the virtual machines to migrate from one or more first physical machines in a first group to one or more second physical machines in a second group, in response to the received information indicating availability of the alternative source of power and the availability of cooler weather. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
a global placement controller comprising; a network interface to receive information related to regional environment effects, the received information including availability of an alternative source of power selected from among sunlight, a hydroelectric power source, and a wind power source; and a processor to; in response to the received information indicating availability of the alternative source of power, select virtual machines to migrate from physical machines of a first group to physical machines of a second, distinct group; and control migration of the virtual machines from the physical machines of the first group to the physical machines of the second group. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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