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System for optimizing server use in a data center

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Inactive Publication Date: 2006-05-18
NOVELL INC
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"The present invention is a system and method for remotely monitoring the usage of machines in a data center to make efficient use of resources. The system includes a data collection engine and an optimization engine that work together to collect and analyze performance data from machines. The system can suggest conversions between machines to optimize usage of the data center. The technical effect of the invention is to improve the efficiency of data centers by optimizing the use of resources."

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Computing systems are growing rapidly in size and complexity.
One of the problems in managing a data center is moving Operating Systems, applications and data between servers, especially servers with different technology architectures, and load balancing across and within the architectures to provide optimal use of the servers.
In a large data center this is a complex problem.

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[0019] Referring first to FIG. 1 a block diagram illustrating the conversions between machines is shown. There are three types of machines, Physical 10, Virtual 12 and Image 14. Physical machines 10 are servers upon which an operating system and its related software applications run. Virtual machines 12 emulate a specific environment and run on virtual machine server software. For example, some virtual machines 12 may run on a version of Linux, others on versions of Windows. Through the use of virtual server software such as ESX and GSX provided by VMware Inc., and Microsoft Virtual Server (hereinafter referred to as MSVS), multiple virtual machines 12 may be deployed on a physical machine 10. Other virtual servers such as Xen which is open source, Virtual Iron and SW-Soft may also be supported by the embodiments of the present invention. Machine Images 14 are stored copies of the state of a physical machine 10 or a virtual machine 12 at a specific time.

[0020] The conversion from a...

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Abstract

A system and method for analyzing the usage of servers and their associated applications and providing suggestions on how to best make use of the resources of the servers. Numerous forms of analysis are utilized to provide suggestions to a user for efficient use of the servers. Should a suggestion be accepted by a user a conversion between servers is conducted. Optionally a conversion may be conducted automatically based upon a suggestion.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE [0001] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Computing systems are growing rapidly in size and complexity. Many businesses have data centers consisting of a multitude of servers. In such an environment servers will have different configurations of hardware and software, including operating systems. [0003] One of the problems in managing a data center is moving Operating Systems, applications and data between servers, especially servers with different technology architectures, and load balancing across and within the architectures to provide optimal use of the servers. Generally, optimization occurs only within...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F11/00
CPCG06F9/4856G06F9/45558G06F2009/4557G06F2009/45575
Inventor SIEROKA, DANIELFAGERSTROEM, PETERPOLLACK, STEPHENCHUI, CADMANSTETIC, JOHN
Owner NOVELL INC
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