RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING CAPACITY DISTRIBUTION

摘要

A system and method for allocating a resource among clients running on host computers using capacity distribution uses lower and upper bounds with respect to a capacity to be distributed to each of the clients. Each client is allocated a portion of the capacity that corresponds to the lower bound for that client. Any excess amount of the capacity is then allocated to the clients based at least partly on the lower bound and the upper bound of each of the clients.

主权项

1. A method for allocating a resource among clients running on host computers using capacity distribution, the method comprising:
setting a lower bound and an upper bound with respect to a capacity to be distributed to each of the clients, the capacity relating to allocation of the resource; allocating a portion of the capacity to each of the clients that corresponds to the lower bound for that client; computing an excess amount of the capacity after the capacity has been allocated to each of the clients based on the lower bound; and allocating the excess amount of the capacity to the clients based at least partly on the lower bound and the upper bound of each of the clients to derive total capacity allocation values for the clients, the total capacity allocation values being used to allocate the resource to the clients.