Patent ID: 7860961
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving notice of an addition of an adaptable computing unit to a pool of free computing units; receiving a command to form a networked computing system according to a listing of desired networked computing system qualities; modifying state defining the behavior of the adaptable computing unit according to the listing; and wherein the adaptable computing unit comprises at least one portion of a plurality of physically partitionable symmetric multiprocessors, and at least part of the state defining the behavior of the adaptable computing unit specifies selective hardware isolation of the portion with respect to another portion of the physically partitionable symmetric multiprocessors; wherein the notice comprises a description of qualities of the adaptable computing unit; wherein the description comprises a count of processors available in the adaptable computing unit; wherein the listing comprises a desired number of processors; and wherein the act of modifying is based in part on the desired number of processors and the count of processors available in the adaptable computing unit.