Managing a shared pool of configurable computing resources using a set of scaling factors and a set of workload resource data

• US 9,785,475 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2015
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cropper, Joseph W., Tenner, Jeffrey W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullock, Jr., Lewis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): AQUINO, WYNUEL S
• Application Number:
  US14/834,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20170024257A1
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5011 Pool
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• 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

Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources associated with a shared pool manager. The shared pool manager receives a set of scaling factors. The set of scaling factors corresponds to a workload. Using the set of scaling factor values and a set of workload resource data, a configuration is determined. The configuration is established to process the workload. Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources associated with a registry. The registry is structured to have a set of workload resource data and associated scaling factors. A set of scaling factor values is detected. The set of scaling factors corresponds to a workload. Based on both the set of workload resource data and the set of scaling factor values, a set of resource attributes is determined to configure the shared pool of configurable computing resources for the workload. The set of resource attributes is communicated.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of managing a shared pool of configurable computing resources associated with a shared pool manager, the method comprising:

receiving, by the shared pool manager, a set of scaling factor values which corresponds to a workload and a set of workload resource data,

wherein the set of scaling factor values comprises one or more of a transaction processing scaling-factor-value, a user access scaling-factor-value, an entity storage scaling-factor-value, a product usage scaling-factor-value, and a provider-defined scaling-factor-value,

wherein the workload resource data includes a plurality of configurations, each configuration specifying a different virtual machine size and resource requirement type for the workload, and

wherein the workload is to be executed by a virtual machine;

analyzing the set of scaling factor values with respect to the set of workload resource data to extract patterns to determine resource requirements for the workload;

dynamically determining, based upon the extracted patterns, a configuration of the plurality of configurations for configuring the virtual machine to an appropriate size with the resource requirement types for processing the workload;

establishing, based upon the determined configuration, the shared pool of configurable computing resources including the virtual machine which has the appropriate size; and

processing, using the virtual machine which has the appropriate size, the workload.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a public registry includes the set of workload resource data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a nonpublic registry includes the set of workload resource data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing, in the shared pool of configurable computing resources, a registry having the set of workload resource data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the configuration for the virtual machine includes:

coupling a workload identifier with a configuration flavor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the shared pool of configurable computing resources includes a selection from a group consisting of at least one of:

providing a processing resource,

providing a memory resource,

providing a disk resource,

deploying a virtual machine,

sizing the virtual machine, or

resizing the virtual machine.