Virtual machine load balancing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8966084-B2
Application number	US-201113163061-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2011
Priority date	Jun 17, 2011
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

A method for load balancing virtual machines includes accessing current consumption data and historical consumption data for a first virtual machine running on a host hardware platform, wherein the host hardware platform is coupled to a network and accessing specification and utilization information for networked hardware platforms published on the network by each networked hardware platform, wherein the networked hardware platforms each include a hardware platform configured to run virtual machines. The method also includes selecting a target platform from the networked hardware platforms to receive the first virtual machine based on the published specification and utilization information for the networked hardware platforms and consumption data for the first virtual machine, wherein the first virtual machine will operate on the target platform in a condition that is not over-constrained.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for virtual machine load balancing, comprising:
monitoring, from a host hardware platform, specification and utilization information for a plurality of peer hardware platforms networked together on a network, wherein each of the plurality of peer hardware platforms is configured to publish its own specification and utilization information on the network, and wherein the peer hardware platforms are each configured to run virtual machines;
accessing…

Assignees

• Dow Eli M
• Da Silva Dilma
• IBM

Inventors

• Dow Eli M
• Da Silva Dilma

Classifications

• G06F9/5088 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/06 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic