Patent ID: 8332861

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: at least one processor; a resource management system (RMS) executable on the at least one processor, comprising: an RMS monitor to track a workload executing in the computer system and to determine when workload demand exceeds allocated non-TiCAP (temporary instant capacity) resource capacity such that a resource shortfall is present, and an RMS processor module to compare the resource shortfall to a granularity of supply of TiCAP resources and, in response to the resource shortfall being less than the granularity, to generate a TiCAP transfer control request to allocate only a portion of the TiCAP resources corresponding to an amount of the resource shortfall to the workload; and a TICAP system executable on the at least one processor to monitor and control allocation of the TiCAP resources in the computer system, comprising: an RMS detection module to receive the TiCAP transfer control request to transfer control of the portion of TiCAP resources to the RMS, and a transfer module to transfer control of the portion of TiCAP resources based on the TiCAP transfer control request.