Capacity reclamation and resource adjustment

• US 9,038,068 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Engle, Ronald, Dees, Prentice O. Jr., Becsi, John, Davies, Thomas H., Sanders, Darren, Golden, Timothy, Rouse, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Qing
• Application Number:
  US13/678,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20140137110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 915 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5011 Pool
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5022 Mechanisms to release resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing capacity reclamation of resources allocated to one or more virtual machines. The invention monitors resource usage of the one or more virtual machines over a predetermined period of time, compares resource usage to resource allocation; and, based on the comparison of the resource usage to the resource allocation, adjusts resource allocation based on the monitored resource usage. Comparing the resource usage may include comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount and comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

Claims

1. A system for providing capacity reclamation of resources allocated to one or more virtual machines, the system comprising:

a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon;

a communication device;

a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to;

provision resources to one or more virtual machines based partially on received resource parameters, the provisioning comprising;

receiving resource parameters comprising information indicating an intended use of the one or more virtual machines;

based on the information indicating the intended use, determining a predetermined type and amount of resources to be allocated for the intended use; and

based on the predetermined type and amount of resources, allocating a corresponding type and amount of resources to the one or more virtual machines;

monitor resource usage of the one or more virtual machines over a predetermined period of time;

compare resource usage to resource allocation;

based on the comparison of the resource usage to the resource allocation, adjust resource allocation based on the monitored resource usage;

based on the resource usage, predict future resource demand;

initiate a supplemental build of one or more second virtual machines, wherein the one or more second virtual machines are allocated temporary supplemental resources; and

based on a sustained decrease in resource demand, reclaim the temporary supplemental resources and re-allocating them to a pool of available resources.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-readable program code to:

detect that one or more of the one or more virtual machines have completed one or more tasks; and

in response to detecting that one or more of the one or more virtual machines have completed one or more tasks, reclaim some or all the resources allocated to the one or more virtual machines for performing the completed one or more tasks into the pool of available resources.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer-readable program code to:

re-allocate some or all the reclaimed resources to a new virtual machine or an existing virtual machine.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount; and

comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

7. A computer program product for providing capacity reclamation of resources allocated to one or more virtual machines, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion configured for provisioning resources to one or more virtual machines based partially on received resource parameters, the provisioning comprising;

receiving resource parameters comprising information indicating an intended use of the one or more virtual machines;

based on the information indicating the intended use, determining a predetermined type and amount of resources to be allocated for the intended use; and

based on the predetermined type and amount of resources, allocating a corresponding type and amount of resources to the one or more virtual machines;

an executable portion configured for monitoring resource usage of the one or more virtual machines over a predetermined period of time;

an executable portion configured for comparing resource usage to resource allocation;

an executable portion configured for, based on the comparison of the resource usage to the resource allocation, adjusting resource allocation based on the monitored resource usage;

an executable portion configured for, based on the resource usage, predicting future resource demand;

an executable portion configured for initiating a supplemental build of one or more second virtual machines, wherein the one or more second virtual machines are allocated temporary supplemental resources; and

an executable portion configured for, based on a sustained decrease in resource demand, reclaiming the temporary supplemental resources and re-allocating them to a pool of available resources.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprises:

an executable portion configured for detecting that one or more of the one or more virtual machines have completed one or more tasks; and

an executable portion configured for, in response to detecting that one or more of the one or more virtual machines have completed one or more tasks, reclaiming some or all the resources allocated to the one or more virtual machines for performing the completed one or more tasks into the pool of available resources.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprises:

an executable portion configured for re-allocating some or all the reclaimed resources to a new virtual machine or an existing virtual machine.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount; and

comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

13. A computer-implemented method for providing capacity reclamation of resources allocated to one or more virtual machines, the method embodied in at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code to cause a computer processor to:

provision resources to one or more virtual machines based partially on received resource parameters, the provisioning comprising;

receiving resource parameters comprising information indicating an intended use of the one or more virtual machines;

based on the information indicating the intended use, determining a predetermined type and amount of resources to be allocated for the intended use; and

based on the predetermined type and amount of resources, allocating a corresponding type and amount of resources to the one or more virtual machines;

monitor resource usage of the one or more virtual machines over a predetermined period of time;

compare resource usage to resource allocation; and

based on the comparison of the resource usage to the resource allocation, adjust resource allocation based on the monitored resource usage;

based on the resource usage, predict future resource demand;

initiate a supplemental build of one or more second virtual machines, wherein the one or more second virtual machines are allocated temporary supplemental resources; and

based on a sustained decrease in resource demand, reclaim the temporary supplemental resources and re-allocating them to a pool of available resources.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein comparing resource usage to resource allocation comprises:

comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount.

16. The method of claim 13, the computer-readable program code further to cause a computer processor to:

detect that one or more of the one or more virtual machines have completed one or more tasks; and

in response to detecting that one or more of the one or more virtual machines have completed one or more tasks, reclaim some or all the resources allocated to the one or more virtual machines for performing the completed one or more tasks into the pool of available resources.

17. The method of claim 13, the computer-readable program code to cause a computer processor to:

re-allocate some or all the reclaimed resources to a new virtual machine or an existing virtual machine.