Dynamic shared server resource allocation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10972532-B2
Application number	US-201916265185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2019
Priority date	Sep 20, 2016
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A system, method and program product for controlling allocation of user assignments to server systems managed by a shared resource manager of a service provider. User request parameters are received from a first user for identifying a desired server resource. User assignment alternatives are calculated based on migration of user assignments of a second user to make the desired server resource available to the first user. User migration parameters are received from the second user that identify conditions for migrating the current user assignment of the second user from a first server to a second server in accordance with one of the user assignment alternatives. A new configuration of user assignments of the first user and the second user are calculated and communicated to the shared resource manager based on the first user and the second user accepting a user assignment alternative. The server systems are reconfigured in accordance with the new configuration of user assignments.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a plurality of server systems interconnected by a network and managed by a shared resource application of a service provider; and
a resource allocation system controlling allocation of user assignments to the plurality of server systems over the network, the resource allocation system stored in a memory comprising:
a resource request interface that receives user request parameters from a first user for identifying a desired server resource;
an option calculator that calculates a plurality of user assignment alternatives based on migration of user assignments of at least a second user to make the desired server resource available to the first user;
a downtime calculator that calculates a predicted downtime for each of the plurality of user assignment alternatives; and
a user downtime cost calculator that calculates a predicted business cost for at least the second user based on the predicted downtime and a transaction value per time factor for the second user;
wherein the resource allocation system provides the predicted downtime and the predicted business cost for at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives to at least the second user prior to the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resource allocation system further comprises:
restriction analyzer that eliminates at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives based on at least one restriction input received from at least a third user that is incompatible with the desired server resource.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resource allocation system further comprises:
a placement cost calculator that calculates a first user cost and a second user cost for at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives based on service provider pricing data for the first user and the second user,
wherein the first user cost is provided to the first user and the second user cost is provided to the second user prior to the first user and the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the resource allocation system further comprises:
a user negotiation module that specifies a premium amount through the resource request interface that the first user pays for the desired server resource, whereby the user negotiation module generates a discount amount reducing the second user cost and provides the reduced second user cost to the second user prior to the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user request parameters from the first user for identifying the desired server resource specify at least one of server location, co-location with at least one pre-existing server resource, or non-location with at least one pre-existing server resource.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resource allocation system further comprises:
a migration request interface receiving user migration parameters from at least the second user that identify conditions for migrating a current user assignment of at least the second user from a first server of the plurality of server systems to a second server of the plurality of server systems in accordance with at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives generated by the option calculator.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the migration request interface of the resource allocation system provides the predicted downtime and the predicted business cost for at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resource allocation system further calculates a new configuration of user assignments of the first user and the second user for the plurality of server systems based on the first user and the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the shared resource application reconfigures the plurality of server systems in accordance with the new configuration of user assignments.

10. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a computing system, provides a resource allocation system controlling allocation of user assignments to a plurality of server systems managed by a shared resource manager of a service provider, the program product comprising:
program code that generates a resource request interface receiving user request parameters from a first user for identifying a desired server resource;
program code that generates an option calculator that calculates a plurality of user assignment alternatives based on migration of user assignments of at least a second user to make the desired server resource available to the first user;
program code that generates a downtime calculator that calculates a predicted downtime for each of the plurality of user assignment alternatives; and
program code that generates a user downtime cost calculator that calculates a predicted business cost for at least the second user based on the predicted downtime and a transaction value per time factor for the second user,
wherein the migration request interface provides the predicted downtime and the predicted business cost for at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives to at least the second user prior to the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

11. The program product of claim 10 , further comprising program code that generates a restriction analyzer used by the option calculator to eliminate at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives based on at least one restriction input received from at least a third user that is incompatible with the desired server resource.

12. The program product of claim 10 , further comprising program code that generates a placement cost calculator that calculates a first user cost and a second user cost for at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives based on service provider pricing data for the first user and the second user, wherein the first user cost is provided to the first user and the second user cost is provided to the second user prior to the first user and the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

13. The program product of claim 12 , further comprising program code that generates a user negotiation module that enables the first user to specify a premium amount through the resource request interface that the first user will pay for the desired server resource, whereby the user negotiation option generates a discount amount that will reduce the second user cost and provides the reduced second user cost to the second user prior to the second user accepting at least one of the plurality of user assignment alternatives.

14. The program product of claim 10 , wherein the user request parameters from the first user for identifying the desired server resource specify at least one of server location, co-location with at least one pre-existing server resource, or non-location with at least one pre-existing server resource.

15. The program product of claim 10 , further comprising:
program code that generates a migration request interface receiving user migration parameters from at least the second user that identify conditions for migrating a current user assignment of at least the second user from a first server of the plurality of server systems to a second serv

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Stelmar Netto Marco Aurelio
• Varga Sergio

Classifications

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title

• H04L43/20

  the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV · CPC title

• H04L41/0897

  by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities · CPC title

• H04L41/40

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• H04L67/1001

  for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers · CPC title