Optimizing available computing resources within a virtual environment

摘要

Methods and systems for the optimization of available computing resources within a virtual environment are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises determining the sizes of the computing resources available to the virtual machine and determining optimal data structures for the virtual machine based on the sizes of the computing resources. The optimal data structures may include an indexing data structure and a historic data. The method may further comprise allocating a Random Access Memory (RAM) and disk storage to the optimal data structures and configuring the optimal data structures within the RAM and the disk storage. The optimization of data structures involves balancing requirements of the indexing data structure and the historic data.

主权项

1. A method for apportioning resources within a virtual machine, the method comprising:
discovering allotted computing resources available to the virtual machine, the allotted computing resources including at least a Random Access Memory (RAM) and a disk storage; determining, in an iterative process, an apportionment of each of the discovered allotted computing resources, to at least two data structures for the virtual machine, wherein the at least two data structures comprise a historic packet data store including at least a portion of a payload of data packets extracted sequentially from flows of network data traveling across a network and an indexing data structure that indexes the historic packet data; dynamically allocating, independently from a host server and according to the determined apportionment, a portion of the Random Access Memory (RAM) and a portion of the disk storage available to the virtual machine to each of the at least two data structures from the discovered allotted computing resources available to the virtual machine; and configuring according to the determined apportionment the at least two data structures within the RAM available to the virtual machine and configuring according to the determined apportionment the at least two data structures within the disk storage available to the virtual machine.