Patent ID: 9038059
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-executable method of installing an application at an existing runtime instance of a computer system, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one of a plurality of computers in the computer system, a request to install the application; accessing, by the at least one of the plurality of computers, first data that defines resources required by the application; accessing, by the at least one of the plurality of computers, second data that defines shared resources previously installed at a plurality of existing runtime instances; selecting, by the at least one of the plurality of computers, the existing runtime instance from the plurality of existing runtime instances that reduces an amount of data or bandwidth during an installing of the application, the selecting of the existing runtime instance being based on an analysis of the first and second data that identifies the existing runtime instance with a greatest number of installed shared resources common to the resources required by the application; and installing, by the at least one of the plurality of computers, the application at the existing runtime instance selected from the plurality of existing runtime instances.