Patent ID: 7644137
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes a computer system to perform a method for sharing resources from a pool of machines including servers among a plurality of clusters, the clusters including a first cluster and a second cluster, the method comprising: determining a current workload of the first cluster through a first dispatcher; determining a current workload of the second cluster through a second dispatcher; calculating a combined workload of the first and second clusters; and allocating a first number of resources from the pool to the first cluster in accordance with wherein machines from the pool include a number of server instances corresponding to the number of clusters, the server instances running processes corresponding to different clusters, wherein allocating a resource to the first cluster includes activating a server instance in the pool for the first cluster, and wherein only one server instance in a machine is active at a time.