Patent ID: 7433872
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of allocating computational resources of a distributed computerized system having multiple user accounts, the method comprising: developing a hierarchically arranged repository of resources usage data of the user accounts, the repository accessible by a root computer of the distributed computerized system and represented as a single logical XML file that is independent of file system structure on the underlying storage medium, wherein the distributed computerized system includes a plurality of virtual nodes such that data corresponding to the virtual nodes is located on a non-root computer or is not part of a physical XML file that stores the single logical XML file, each virtual node corresponding to a node of the XML file and is generated as result of execution of at least one Operating System procedure, and the data returned by the at least one procedure is formatted in XML syntax as the virtual node, and wherein a call to execute at least one Operating System procedure is transmitted using an API call and is formatted in XML syntax; and using the root computer for dynamically allocating the computational resources between the user accounts based on information contained in the repository, wherein secondary agents are used to configure the computational resources of a sub-branch of the single logical XML file.