Patent ID: 9513935
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring auto-scaling parameters of a computing environment, comprising: receiving, by one or more computer processors, specified values for one or more auto-scaling parameters of a plurality of auto-scaling parameters to be used in a computing environment; and calculating, by one or more computer processors, a configuration for the plurality of auto-scaling parameters as a function of the specified values, wherein the configuration reduces an amount of auto-scaling operations needed to raise or lower an amount of resources allocated for the computing environment to a desired level, wherein calculating, by one or more computer processors, a configuration for the plurality of auto-scaling parameters as a function of the specified values comprises: where (L) is a lower threshold for a performance metric, (H) is an upper threshold for the performance metric, (k) is an increment by which allocated resources should be increased or decreased in an auto-scaling operation, (m) is a maximum number of resources that can be allocated for a computing task, and (b) is a minimum number of resources that must be allocated for the computing task.