Patent ID: 8234513
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of managing IT resources when an IT resource managed by a coordinator, which is configured to access a database in which resource statistics and operational policies are stored, is subject to a power-off request, the method comprising: in an event a sufficient quantity of the resource statistics is stored within the database, analyzing the resource statistics and the operational policies to determine whether execution of the power-off request is currently, futuristically or potentially futuristically achievable; in an event the power-off request is currently achievable, executing the power-off request; in an event the power-off request is futuristically achievable, identifying a first time when the power-off request is achievable, instituting a first delay until then and, subsequently, executing the power-off request; and in an event the power-off request is potentially futuristically achievable, identifying a second time when the power-off request is potentially achievable, instituting a second delay until then and, subsequently, returning control to the analyzing operation.