Patent ID: 7574490
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring infrastructure used to transmit information to client modules via a set of services, comprising: determining at least one requirement of the infrastructure; determining, via a processor executing instructions of a service configuration determination module, whether said at least one requirement can be satisfied for a plurality of server modules, wherein the at least one requirement is deemed satisfiable if the following equation is satisfied: where {right arrow over (I)} defines an input cost fraction vector, {right arrow over (r)} defines a replication constant vector, and n is equal to or greater than two, each input cost fraction defining a fraction of input capacity of a sever module consumed by maintaining a particular service, each replication constant defining a minimum percentage of server modules that the particular service should be maintained on; if said at least one requirement can be satisfied, computing a number of m server modules based on a linear function that relates an expected number of client modules to the number m of server modules that should be provided by the infrastructure, wherein the number of m server modules is computed based on the following equation: providing the infrastructure that includes at least said number of m server modules.