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Automatically identifying a capacity of a resource

  • US 9,400,970 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2014
  • Issued: 07/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automatically identifying a capacity of a resource, wherein a first type of resource comprises a plurality of instances of the first type of resource, wherein a plurality of instance capacities of the first type of resource are each comprised by an instance of the plurality of instances, wherein a total available capacity of the first type of resource is a sum of all instance capacities of the plurality of instance capacities, and wherein a disruption of a first instance of the plurality of instances results in a corresponding reduction of a first instance capacity comprised by the first instance, the method comprising:

  • a processor of a computer system accepting information that identifies the plurality of instances,wherein the plurality of instances comprises a first instance, a second instance, and a third instance, andwherein the first instance comprises a first instance capacity of the first type of resource, the second instance comprises a second instance capacity of the first type of resource, and the third instance comprises a third instance capacity of the first type of resource;

    the processor identifying an initial value of the total available capacity as a sum of the first instance capacity, the second instance capacity, and the third instance capacity;

    the processor receiving a set of resource relationships,wherein a first relationship of the set of resource relationships specifies the first instance, the second instance, and a first dependency between the first instance and the second instance,wherein the first dependency identifies that an initial disruption of the first instance causes a disruption of the second instance,wherein a second relationship of the set of resource relationships specifies the second instance, the third instance, and a second dependency between the second instance and the third instance, andwherein the second dependency identifies that a disruption of the second instance causes a disruption of the third instance;

    the processor determining that the initial disruption of the first instance directly results in a reduction of the first instance capacity by a first-instance reduction amount;

    the processor inferring that the initial disruption indirectly results in a reduction of the second instance capacity by a second-instance reduction amount, wherein the inferring is a function of the first relationship;

    the processor further inferring that the initial disruption indirectly results in a reduction of the third instance capacity by a third-instance reduction amount, wherein the further inferring is a function of the second relationship;

    the processor decreasing the total available capacity by the sum of the first-instance reduction amount, the second-instance reduction amount, and the third-instance reduction amount.

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