Workload balancing using dynamically allocated virtual servers

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2006-07-18

2006-07-18

Bullock, Jr., Lewis A. (Department: 2195)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

Process scheduling

C718S105000, C709S224000, C709S226000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07080378

ABSTRACT:
A method for scaling resources according to workload among virtual servers running on a mainframe computer is provided. The invention comprises monitoring the number of service requests received by a cluster of virtual servers and determining if the service requests exceed a specified service limit for the servers. If the number of service requests exceeds the specified service limit, a new virtual server is automatically deployed by a software solution. This additional virtual server performs identical services as the other virtual servers in the cluster. This process is repeated until there are a sufficient number of servers to handle the workload. Service requests are then allocated among the cluster of virtual servers, until the number of requests falls below a certain threshold, at which point the extra servers are automatically deactivated.

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