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Customizing component configurations for utility computing

  • US 9,965,785 B1
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, wherein when executed the program causes the at least one computing device to at least:

  • receive a selection of a subset of a set of hardware components from a customer;

    receive a selection of one of a plurality of virtual machine instance types from the customer, each of the plurality of virtual machine instance types being associated with different configurations of at least one of;

    memory, processor type, data storage, or network bandwidth;

    receive a request from the customer to allocate a virtual machine instance of the one of the virtual machine instance types on a customized computing device within a networked plurality of computing devices, the networked plurality of computing devices being operated under a utility computing model by a service provider for a plurality of customers, the customized computing device including the subset of the set of hardware components;

    deploy the customized computing device within the networked plurality of computing devices in response to the request; and

    deploy the virtual machine instance on the customized computing device in response to the request.

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