Abstract:
In some embodiments, a method for managing resources in a data center includes a data center having a plurality of servers in a network. The data center provides a virtual machine for each of a plurality of users, each virtual machine to use a portion of hardware resources of the data center. The hardware resources include storage and processing resources distributed onto each of the plurality of servers. The method further includes sending messages amongst the servers, some of the messages being sent from a server including status information regarding a hardware resource utilization status of that server. The method further includes detecting a request from the virtual machine to handle a workload requiring increased use of the hardware resources, and provisioning the servers to temporarily allocate additional resources to the virtual machine, wherein the provisioning is based on status information provided by one or more of the messages.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and media for transparently optimizing a workload of a containment abstraction are provided herein. Methods may include monitoring a workload of the containment abstraction, the containment abstraction being at least partially hardware bound, the workload corresponding to resource utilization of the containment abstraction, converting the containment abstraction from being at least partially hardware bound to being entirely central processing unit (CPU) bound by placing the containment abstraction in a memory store, based upon the workload, and allocating the workload of the containment abstraction across at least a portion of a data center to optimize the workload of the containment abstraction.
Abstract:
Systems, methods and devices for providing stabilization between first and second vertebrae are provided. More particularly, in one form a system includes an implant configured to be positioned in a disc space between the first and second vertebrae and a freestanding plate for engagement with extradiscal surfaces of the first and second vertebrae. The system also includes an insertion instrument with an engaging portion configured to releasably engage with the implant and the plate such that the implant and plate can be positioned together relative to the first and second vertebrae. In one aspect, an angular orientation of the implant relative to the plate is adjustable when the implant and the plate are engaged by the instrument. In this or another aspect, the implant and plate are held in a contiguous relationship when engaged by the instrument. However, different forms and applications are also envisioned.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for sizing resources in a cloud-based environment are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving quality of service requirements and a functional description of a cloud architecture associated with the application, including application resources and relations between the application resources, performing latency analysis of data packets in a compute layer of the cloud architecture, with the latency analysis including comparing size per time metrics of the data packets, determining minimal resources to guarantee the quality of service requirements based on the latency analysis and the quality of service requirements, and providing to the data center the minimal resources.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to methods of administering health care insurance benefits. In particular, the present invention is directed to methods of providing health care coverage in which clinical services are differentiated into different clinical categories, which correspond with different levels of insurance benefits. The clinical categories include Preventive or Chronic Care Services, Core Services, Standard Services, and non-covered services.
Abstract:
A bi-directional transceiver comprises a housing, a flange coupled to the housing, and only one LC receptacle coupled to the housing. A width of the housing is less than 9.2 mm, and a width of the flange is less than 9.5 mm.
Abstract:
A pin header for a transceiver comprises a frame comprising a rectangle that is indented on opposing sides of the rectangle, a first row of pins extending through the frame at a first angle to the rectangle, and a second row of pins extending through the frame at a second angle to the rectangle. The first row of pins is along a first side of the frame between the indented opposing sides and the second row of pins is along a second side of the frame between the indented opposing sides.
Abstract:
An apparatus for retrieving disbursed objects of various forms, and most importantly spherical objects, such as balls from a surface, such as the ground's surface, comprising a hollow tube having a centrally located longitudinal axis, a first and a second end with an opening at each end, detents located internally within and connected to the hollow tube near the first end of the tube, and a grip attached to the outside of the hollow tube near the second end of the tub. The detents are generally positioned in a single plane oriented orthogonally to the longitudinal axis and in close proximity to the first end of the hollow tube. In retrieving objects, the opening at the first end of the tube is positioned over the object to be retrieved. Downward pressure is applied to the grip to force the hollow tube down and over the object to be retrieved. The detents are initially forced away in a radial direction from the longitudinal axis, permitting the object to be retrieved to pass upward within the hollow tube past the location of the detents. The detents then return to their initial position retaining the object to be retrieved within the hollow tube at a location above the plane of the detents.
Abstract:
Electronic circuits in a register associated with a commodity usage meter capture energy from a meter reading device when the device is coupled to the register (e.g., either electrically or inductively coupled) for the purpose of reading metered quantity data from the register. Electrical charge obtained from the reading device may be stored in a high-capacity storage capacitor. When the capacitor is sufficiently charged, it provides power to at least part of the register circuits, such as a controller, for at least the duration of the communication session with the reading device. In some embodiments, the capacitor may additionally supply sufficient power to operate the register until a subsequent reading device coupling.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and media for transparently optimizing a workload of a containment abstraction are provided herein. Methods may include monitoring a workload of the containment abstraction, the containment abstraction being at least partially hardware bound, the workload corresponding to resource utilization of the containment abstraction, converting the containment abstraction from being at least partially hardware bound to being entirely central processing unit (CPU) bound by placing the containment abstraction in a memory store, based upon the workload, and allocating the workload of the containment abstraction across at least a portion of a data center to optimize the workload of the containment abstraction.