Patent ID: 7698430
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G08C,H04L

Abstract:
1. An on-demand compute environment comprising: a plurality of compute nodes within an on-demand compute environment available for provisioning and for processing workload; and a slave management module operating on a compute node within the on-demand compute environment, wherein upon instructions from a master management module at a local compute environment separate from the on-demand compute environment, the local compute environment configured to process end user submitted workload according to a service level agreement, the slave management module creates a new management module on a first of the plurality of compute nodes such that at least one other compute node is provisioned to be managed by the new management module, wherein at least part of the workload submitted to the local compute environment is received by the on-demand compute environment and consumes resources of the provisioned at least one other compute node and wherein the new management module operates in addition to the slave management module and only for a duration of workload that consumes the provisioned at least one other compute node.