System and method for adjusting multiple resources across multiple workloads

摘要

Increased workload performance is obtained by coordinating a multi-resource computer system such that demands for resources are arbitrated across all available resources and all applications such that the proper resource will be adjusted regardless of which resource is needed to improve workload performance. In operation, a measurement is taken for each available resource to determine the enhancement achieved by adding a certain quantity of a resource. In one embodiment, resource consumption and performance data is collected over a period of time and that data is used to adjust resource requests for a workload in order to improve the workload's performance. The resource request is modified to deliver the most workload benefit for each resource modification.