Patent ID: 9466036
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing shared resource capacity in a multi-tenant environment, comprising: determining whether an amount of a type of capacity for each of a plurality of resource pools will satisfy at least one forecast capacity target; and when the amount of capacity of at least one of the resource pools is determined to not satisfy at least one forecast capacity target: determining a priority score for each of the resource pools based at least in part upon at least one of an amount of total resource capacity or an amount of free resource capacity of the resource pool; selecting a designated source pool from the plurality of resource pools based at least on the priority score of the selected resource pool; iteratively selecting a target pool with a highest priority score from the plurality of resource pools, herein the designated source pool is not eligible to be selected as a target pool; locating one or more resources in the designated source pool that is available to be reconfigured to provide capacity in the target pool; and causing the located one or more resources to be reconfigured to provide capacity in the target pool.