Managing virtualized accelerators using admission control, load balancing and scheduling

摘要

A system and method is shown that includes an admission control module that resides in a management/driver domain, the admission control module to admit a domain that is part of a plurality of domains, into the computer system based upon one of a plurality of accelerators satisfying a resource request of the domain. The system and method also includes a load balancer module, which resides in the management/driver domain, the load balancer to balance at least one load from the plurality of domains across the plurality of accelerators. Further, the system and method also includes a scheduler module that resides in the management/driver domain, the scheduler to multiplex multiple requests from the plurality of domains to one of the plurality of accelerators.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
a processor; a memory; an admission control module, that resides in a management/driver domain in a hypervisor layer and is operatively connected to the processor and the memory, the admission control module to admit a domain, that is part of a plurality of domains, into the computer system based upon one of a plurality of accelerators satisfying a resource request of the domain, the plurality of accelerators connected to a plurality of general purpose cores in a physical layer in the computer system; a load balancer module, that resides in the management/driver domain in the hypervisor layer and is operatively connected to the processor and the memory, the load balancer to balance at least one load from the plurality of domains across the plurality of accelerators; and a scheduler module, that resides in the management/driver domain in the hypervisor layer and is operatively connected to the processor and the memory, the scheduler to multiplex multiple requests from the plurality of domains to one of the plurality of accelerators.