Patent ID: 8516099
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method executed by a management system to perform management tasks with respect to a managed environment, comprising: determining, by the management system having a processor, a size of the managed environment that is one or more of: a number of managed devices in the managed environment; and a number of users using the managed environment; and scaling, by the management system according to the determined size, at least one performance characteristic of the management system to modify resources for performing the management tasks with respect to the managed devices in the managed environment, wherein scaling the at least one performance characteristic of the management system comprises increasing a number of instances of management software executed by the management system in response to the determined size increasing, the instances of the management software to perform the management tasks and executed in the management system that is separate from the managed devices, wherein increasing the number of instances of the management software comprises using a first number of instances of the management software for a first determined size of the managed environment, using a second number of instances of the management software for a second determined size of the managed environment, and using a third number of instances of the management software for a third determined size of the managed environment, where the third determined size is larger than the second determined size, and the second determined size is larger than the first determined size.