Patent ID: 8751659

Claim:
A data center management system, comprising: a memory storing a data center customer profile corresponding to a data center customer, the data center customer profile comprising: a service level agreement (SLA); and a data center resource usage model; and a processor configured to execute: a batch job quality of service (QoS) control module operable to determine an immediate QoS specification for a batch job of the data center customer based at least in part on a remaining data center resource requirement that is determined at least in part by an extended interval QoS specification for the batch job and a stochastic model of data center resources needed to complete the batch job; and a data center resource optimization module operable to determine a data center resource allocation for the data center customer based at least in part on the data center customer profile and on the immediate QoS specification; and a data center customer cost determination module operable to determine a data center customer cost representing a cost to the data center of providing data center resources to the data center customer, wherein the batch job QoS control module is operable determine the immediate QoS specification for the batch job based at least in part on the data center customer cost.