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Managing subscribed resource in cloud network using variable or instantaneous consumption tracking periods

  • US 8,825,791 B2
  • Filed: 11/24/2010
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing a set of aggregate usage history data by a user operating a set of machines consuming a set of resources in a set of host clouds;

    generating, by a processor, a set of consumption periods to track consumptions of the set of resources;

    identifying, by the processor, a set of subscription margins for a resource in the set of resources in view of a comparison of a consumption of the resource in a plurality of the host clouds to a resource subscription limit over the set of consumption periods;

    generating, by the processor, a set of marginal consumption values for the resource for the set of consumption periods across the plurality of host clouds; and

    generating a management action in view of the marginal consumption value for the set of consumption periods,wherein a durational length of at least one of the set of consumption periods is determined in view of a rate of relative changes in the set of marginal consumption values.

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