Patent ID: 8505021

Claim:
A computer-implemented management system for managing removal of unused objects on a subject computer system that includes a plurality of computing resources, the management system comprising: computer hardware, including at least one processor and input/output facilities communicatively coupled with the subject computer system; a controller module implemented on the computer hardware and adapted to analyze current configuration and operational state information of the subject computer system to detect a presence of unused objects on the subject computer system; a categorization module implemented on the computer hardware and operatively coupled with the controller module, and adapted to associate unused objects with a plurality of categories, an assessment module implemented on the computer hardware and operatively coupled with the controller module, the assessment module being adapted to: obtain, for each of the plurality of categories, an estimated degree of impact that unused objects have on a workload of the plurality of computing resources for each of the plurality of categories; and determine, for each of the plurality of categories, a measure of exigency of taking action to remove the unused objects based on the estimated degree of impact and on a current degree of workload of at least one computing resource of the plurality of computing resources, wherein the measure of exigency for each of the plurality of categories is determined based on at least one logical rule applying defined logical criteria; and an instruction module implemented on the computer hardware and operatively coupled with the assessment module, the instruction module being adapted to provide instructions for removing specific ones of the unused objects in response to the measure of exigency of taking action meeting or exceeding an exigency threshold.