Patent ID: 8078728

Claim:
A data center system, comprising: a shared network; at least one dedicated virtualization host supporting at least one virtual machine coupled to said shared network; at least one physical server coupled to said shared network; and an application reservation and delivery system, comprising: a logical resource pool comprising a plurality of computer resource assets including asset type, amount, and asset source, in which each of said plurality of computer resource assets is decomposed to a specified level of granularity; an application library comprising a plurality of application configurations, each of said application configurations comprising at least one server configuration which comprises computer resource asset requirements and which describes a configuration server, and a networking specification for the application configuration; a resource manager, which receives requests for one of the application configurations for a specified future time period as compared to the time of the request, which compares said requested application configuration with available computer resource assets, which tracks availability of said computer resource assets over time for scheduling deployment of said requested application configuration at said future time period and which reserves resources for said requested application configuration when available during said future time period; and a deployment manager which deploys at least one server configured according to said requested application configuration using said reserved resources and which provides said at least one server to a remote user via the shared network during said future time period.