Patent ID: 8316375
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: selecting a process to move from a current node of a plurality of nodes to a new node of the plurality of nodes, based on an inertia of the process; and moving the process from the current node to the new node, wherein the inertia of the process is a quantified measure of an impact resulting from the process being inaccessible while being moved from the current node to the new node, wherein a plurality of processes are running on the current node, and wherein selecting the process to move from the current node to the new node comprises: for each node of the plurality of the nodes, determining an effective load of the node; setting a current inertia to a lowest inertia of any process running on the current node; for each node of the plurality of the nodes for which the effective load is less than the effective load of the current node, determining a current load disparity as equal to a difference between the effective load of the current node and the effective load of each node; for each process running on the current node at the current inertia, where a greatest difference is positive, selecting the process for which the difference is greatest as the process to move from the current node to the new node; and where the greatest difference between the current load disparity and the potential load disparity is not positive,