Patent ID: 9578131
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method to migrate a virtual machine from a first computing device to a second computing device, the method comprising: identifying a first node configured to access the virtual machine at the first computing device; determining a first vector related to the first node, wherein the first vector relates to a first value of a parameter, and the parameter relates to communication between the first node and the first computing device; identifying a second node configured to access the virtual machine at the first computing device; determining a second vector related to the second node, wherein the second vector relates to a second value of the parameter, the parameter further relates to communication between the second node and the first computing device, and further wherein the first and second vectors form a distribution; determining a feature of the distribution of the first and the second vectors; determining a first magnitude between the first computing device and the feature based on the parameter; determining a second magnitude between the second computing device and the feature based on the parameter; and migrating the virtual machine from the first computing device to the second computing device in response to a determination that the second magnitude is less than the first magnitude.