Virtualized Temporary Instant Capacity Allocation Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automated systems managing computing resources, such as Workload Management Systems, face challenges in controlling Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP) resources at granularities less than typical hardware limitations, leading to unneeded resource consumption and difficulty in allocating TiCAP resources to workloads, especially when managing resources on a per-second or per-minute basis.
Innovation Solution
A resource management system (RMS) that tracks workload demands and compares resource shortfalls to TiCAP granularity, generating transfer control requests to allocate and control TiCAP resources at finer granularities, allowing for precise monitoring and control of TiCAP resources, activating and deactivating them as needed to match workload demands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If TiCAP resources are controlled manually, then resource allocation simplicity is maintained, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates due to inability to manage at fine granularities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an automated resource management system that acts as an intermediary between manual control and fine-grained resource allocation. This system monitors workload demands and automatically activates/deactivates TiCAP resources at granularities below hardware limits, resolving the contradiction by providing automated fine-grained control without requiring manual intervention at that level.
Solution Approach 2:
The resource management system implements self-service by automatically monitoring workload demands and making decisions about TiCAP resource allocation without continuous manual intervention. The system serves itself by comparing resource shortfalls to TiCAP granularity and autonomously controlling resource activation, thereby improving utilization efficiency while maintaining operational simplicity.
2Device complexity
If TiCAP resources are allocated at hardware granularity levels, then monitoring simplicity is maintained, but allocation precision deteriorates due to inability to allocate below hardware limits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing TiCAP resources into smaller allocatable units below the hardware granularity limit. The automated management system segments the control of TiCAP resources into monitorable intervals, enabling precise allocation to specific workloads while maintaining monitoring capability through systematic tracking of resource activation and deactivation events.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of control by implementing software-based monitoring and management layers that operate above the hardware level. This additional dimensional layer enables precise tracking and allocation of TiCAP resources at fine granularities without being constrained by hardware monitoring limitations, thereby improving allocation precision while maintaining operational simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If automated systems manage TiCAP resources on individual workload basis, then resource allocation adaptability is improved, but resource consumption accuracy deteriorates due to consumption of unneeded resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the automated resource management system continuously monitors workload demands and compares actual resource needs against allocated TiCAP resources. This feedback loop enables the system to detect when workloads are consuming unneeded resources and to deactivate excess TiCAP allocations, thereby improving consumption accuracy while maintaining adaptability through continuous adjustment based on actual demand.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs periodic monitoring and control actions to reassess workload demands and adjust TiCAP resource allocations accordingly. By implementing periodic checks and adjustments, the system maintains adaptability to changing workload conditions while preventing continuous consumption of unneeded resources, thereby improving overall consumption accuracy.
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AI summary
A system, and a corresponding method, implemented on a processor, allows for monitoring and control of temporary instant capacity (TiCAP) resources in a computer system. The system includes a resource management system (RMS), which includes a RMS monitor that tracks a workload executing on the computer system and determines when workload demand exceeds allocated non-TiCAP resource capacity, whereby a resource shortfall is generated, and a RMS processor module that compares the resource shortfall to granularity of supply of the TiCAP resources and that generates a TiCAP transfer control request based on the comparison. The system further includes a temporary instant capacity (TiCAP) system that monitors and controls allocation of TiCAP resources on the computer system, and which includes a RMS detection module that receives the request to transfer control of the TiCAP resources to the RMS, and a transfer module that transfers control of the TiCAP resources based on the request.