Patent ID: 7657675
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically allocating the amount of input/output (I/O) rate capacity to partitions in a computer system, the method comprising: determining a total amount of I/O rate capacity of the computer system; determining an economic value of each partition within the partitioned computer system, the economic value for each partition comprising a product of a measure of processing performance required to perform one or more tasks on the partition and a measure of the relative value of said one or more tasks with respect to tasks performed by other partitions, wherein the sum of the economic values of each partition defines a total economic value for the computer system; and calculating a portion of the total amount of I/O rate capacity to allocate to each partition, the allocated portion to each partition being proportional to the economic value to a respective partition.