Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Network resource allocating
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Duong, Oanh (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Network resource allocating
C709S203000, C709S224000, C709S229000, C718S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10711981
ABSTRACT:
The invention described is a new and useful process for minimizing the overall rebate a provider disburses to customers when a service level agreement (SLA) breach occurs in a utility computing environment. Specifically, the process compares performance data and resource usage with the SLAs of the customers, and reallocates shared resources to those customers who represent a lesser penalty to the provider in the event of an SLA breach. The process determines which resources, used by customers representing the lesser penalty, are operating below peak capacity. The process then reallocates these under-utilized resources to those customers requiring additional resources to meet SLA thresholds. If all resources are operating at peak capacity, the process reallocates the resources to those customers whose SLAs represent a greater penalty in the event of an SLA breach as compared to those customers whose SLAs provide for a lesser penalty, thereby minimizing the total rebate due upon an SLA breach.
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Chen Yen-Fu
Daughtrey Erik Alan
Qiao Wenjian
Shankar Hari
Clay Bruce
Duong Oanh
Gordon & Rees LLP
International Business Machines - Corporation
Siegesmund Rudolf O.
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