<p>An entitlement management system for distributing spare CPU processor resources to a plurality of deployment groups operating in a data processing system, the system comprising: a deployment group entitlement component comprising: an allocation component for allocating a plurality of micro-partitions to a deployment group; a determiner component for identifying spare CPU processor cycles from a donor micro-partition and distributing the identified spare CPU processor cycles to a requester micro-partition in the deployment group; the determiner component further comprises identifying when there are no further spare CPU processor cycles to be donated to any of the micro-partitions in the deployment group and communicating a request to a management entitlement component; and a management entitlement component receiving requests from at least two deployment group entitlement components and identifying if one of the deployment groups has spare CPU processor cycles to donate to a further deployment group and on a positive determination donating the spare CPU cycles to the further deployment group.</p>
申请公布号
WO2008037558(A1)
申请公布日期
2008.04.03
申请号
WO2007EP59117
申请日期
2007.08.31
申请人
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM, JOSEPH;HALES, CHRISTOPHER, GUY;NAYAR, NARESH