Patent ID: 8521855
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a server machine at predefined time intervals, client utilization data, the client utilization data including client processing unit utilization or client memory utilization data for each of a plurality of active client machines coupled to the server over a network; determining, by the server machine, an overall utilization parameter for the plurality of active client machines based upon the received client utilization data at a time interval; determining, by the server machine, a rate at which the overall utilization parameter is changing in response to the overall utilization parameter being above or below a threshold; determining, by the server machine, how many client machines to transition between an active mode and a sleep mode based upon the rate and in response to the overall utilization parameter being above or below the threshold; and sending a transition signal from the server machine to the determined number of client machines to transition between an active mode and a sleep mode,