Methods, devices, and computer program products for maintaining network presence while conserving power consumption

摘要

Network presence of a computing device in a cloud computing network is maintained while power consumption of the computing device is reduced. When the computing device is determined to enter an idle state, at least some of the operations of the computing device running in a virtual machine environment are migrated to a server within the cloud computing network while maintaining connectivity of the computing device to the cloud computing network. When the computing device is determined to be in the idle state, the computing device is put into a sleep mode to reduce power consumption of the computing device. When the computing device is determined to be in an active state, the computing device is woken, and the migrated operations are returned from the server to the computing device. This reduces power consumption of the computing device while maintaining the network presence of the computing device in the cloud computing network.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a computing device, based on a workload and a period of idleness of the computing device, that the computing device has entered an idle state, wherein:
the computing device is connected to a cloud computing network; andthe determining comprises comparing the period of idleness to a variable threshold period of idleness, the variable threshold period of idleness varying depending on the workload, wherein the workload includes background activities running on the computing device; migrating, when the computing device is in the idle state, at least some operations of the computing device, running in a virtual machine environment, to a server within a cloud computing network while maintaining connectivity of the computing device to the cloud computing network; and putting the computing device into a sleep mode when the computing device is determined to be in the idle state, thereby reducing power consumption of the computing device and maintaining a network presence of the computing device in the cloud computing network.