Patent ID: 8661182
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing capacity in a capacity container, the method comprising: determining a capacity model that configures computing resource capacity for the capacity container, the computing resource capacity including a first storage attribute for an amount of storage in a storage component; determining a load model that configures load for the capacity container, the load including a second storage attribute for a storage requirement for a virtual machine; determining a profile of a virtual machine unit for estimating available capacity in a capacity container, the profile determined using virtual machine attributes for a set of virtual machines in the capacity container, wherein the virtual machine unit includes a storage requirement based on storage requirements for the set of virtual machines; fitting, by a computing device, the profile of the virtual machine unit into the available capacity, wherein the fitting is determined based on fitting the virtual machine unit on one or more hosts in the capacity model having access to an amount of storage in a storage component that meets the storage requirement for the virtual machine unit; and determining a number of virtual machine units based on the fitting, the number of virtual machine units being a measure of the available capacity.