摘要:
Server consolidation using virtual machine resource tradeoffs, is provided. One implementation involves assigning a virtual machine to a target physical server based on a plurality of virtualization parameters for maximizing utility of a plurality of virtual machines and physical servers. The assigning performs resource allocation for the virtual machine based on capabilities of the target physical server and a plurality of virtual machine resource requirements. Virtualization parameters include a reservation parameter (min) representing a minimum resources required for a VM, a limit parameter (max) representing a maximum resources allowable for the VM, and a weight parameter (shares) representing a share of spare resources for the VM.
摘要:
The invention provides a method and system for continuous optimization of a data center. The method includes monitoring loads of storage modules, server modules and switch modules in the data center, detecting an overload condition upon a load exceeding a load threshold, combining server and storage virtualization to address storage overloads by planning allocation migration between the storage modules, to address server overloads by planning allocation migration between the server modules, to address switch overloads by planning allocation migration mix between server modules and storage modules for overload reduction, and orchestrating the planned allocation migration to reduce the overload condition in the data center.
摘要:
A program, method and system are disclosed for planning the placement of a collection of applications in a heterogeneous storage area network data center. The program, method, and system disclosed deal with the coupled placement of virtual machine applications within a resource graph, with each application requiring a certain amount of CPU resources and a certain amount of storage resources from the connected resource node pairs within the resource graph. The resource nodes in the graph provide either storage resources, CPU resources, or both and can have differing degrees of affinity between different node pairs. Various placement algorithms may be used to optimize placement of the applications such as an individual-greedy, pair-greedy or stable marriage algorithm. One placement objective may be to place the programs among nodes of the resource graph without exceeding the storage and CPU capacities at nodes while keeping the total cost over all applications small.
摘要:
A method and system selecting a target physical machine for a virtual machine (VM) migration is provided. Selecting a target physical machine for a VM migration involves determining storage volume connectivity and spare path capacity of one or more candidate physical machines, and preferentially selecting among the candidate physical machines a migration target with storage volume connectivity and spare path capacity to satisfy storage volume access requirements of the VM.
摘要:
A method and system for integrated server-storage deployment planning for virtual appliances is provided. One implementation involves determining a performance cost in deploying the virtual appliance to different pairings of candidate host and storage subsystems. A host and storage subsystem pair is preferentially selected among the candidate pairings, a pairing of a host and storage subsystem with certain performance cost to satisfy performance requirements of the virtual appliance. Deployment planning may further involve deploying a virtual appliance on one or more appropriate spatially proximate hosts and storage subsystems that exhibit certain preferable connectivity and path capacity to satisfy the performance requirements of the virtual appliance.
摘要:
A by-line extraction method detects a set of potential headlines from a title meta-tag of a crawled document, selects a candidate headline from the set of potential headlines, and extracts the by-line information from the document using the location of the selected candidate headline. The method constructs the set of potential headlines based on the title meta-tag. The method selects a candidate headline by evaluating the set of potential headlines in order of the lengths of the potential headlines. The method extracts the by-line information from the document by using the location of the selected candidate headline to extract a string representing a date, a name, or a source located within a minimum distance from the location of the potential headline.
摘要:
A method and system for integrated server-storage deployment planning for virtual appliances is provided. One implementation involves determining a performance cost in deploying the virtual appliance to different pairings of candidate host and storage subsystems. A host and storage subsystem pair is preferentially selected among the candidate pairings, a pairing of a host and storage subsystem with certain performance cost to satisfy performance requirements of the virtual appliance. Deployment planning may further involve deploying a virtual appliance on one or more appropriate spatially proximate hosts and storage subsystems that exhibit certain preferable connectivity and path capacity to satisfy the performance requirements of the virtual appliance.
摘要:
A scalable, performance-based, volume allocation technique that can be applied in large storage controller collections is disclosed. A global resource tree of multiple nodes representing interconnected components of a storage system is analyzed to yield gap values for each node for a specific time period. The gap value for each node is an estimate of the amount of the additional or increased workload that can be allocated in the subtree of that node without exceeding the performance and space bounds at any of the nodes in that subtree for the specific time period. The gap values of the global resource tree are further analyzed to generate an ordered allocation list of the volumes of the storage system.
摘要:
The invention provides a method and system for time-based storage access, the method includes associating a plurality of storage volumes with specific periods of time during which they can be accessed, adjusting user fees based on access time periods of storage volumes, packing the plurality of storage volumes in available storage bins in the system based on periods of access for the plurality of storage volumes, wherein volumes with overlapping or similar periods of access are packed into a same storage bin if possible, and switching a storage bin to off or a reduced power state during periods when the storage volumes placed in the storage bin are not required, to reduce power consumption.
摘要:
A scalable, performance-based, volume allocation technique that can be applied in large storage controller collections is disclosed. A global resource tree of multiple nodes representing interconnected components of a storage system is analyzed to yield gap values for each node (e.g., a bottom-up estimation). The gap value for each node is an estimate of the amount in GB of the new workload that can be allocated in the subtree of that node without exceeding the performance and space bounds at any of the nodes in that subtree. The gap values of the global resource tree are further analyzed to generate an ordered allocation list of the volumes of the storage system (e.g., a top-down selection). The volumes may be applied to a storage workload in the order of the allocation list and the gap values and list are updated.