A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING WORKLOAD BASED ON A CREDIT-BASED MECHANISM

CA 03086764 2020-06-23 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111 1 11111111 111111 1 11 11111 1 111 11111 1 111 1 111 1111 1111 11111 1111 111 11111111111 1 111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2019/135963 Al 11 July 2019 (11.07.2019) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (US). BADHEKA, Hetal N.; 923 Tamarack Lane, Unit # 4, G06F 9/50 (2006.01) G06F 9/48 (2006.01) Sunnyvale, California 94086 (US). TAMMANA, Vasan-tha K.; 10'73 Lancer Dr., San Jose, California 95129 (US). (21) International Application Number: VEYYAKULA, Priyatam Prasad; 1025 S Central Pkwy, PCT/US2018/067476 Mountain House, California 95391 (US). (22) International Filing Date: (74) Agent: ISAACSON, Thomas; Polsinelli, Three Embar-26 December 2018 (26.12.2018) cadero Center, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California 94111 (25) Filing Language: English (US). (26) Publication Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AIVI, (30) Priority Data: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, By BZ, 15/861,255 03 January 2018 (03.01.2018) US CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (71) Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. [US/US]; 170 DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134 (US). HR, HU, ED, EL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (72) Inventors: KUMAR, Rajesh; 635 Wellsbury Way, Palo MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, my NE, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, Alto, California 94306 (US). MITTAL, Amit; 3880 Nor-OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, iega St., San Francisco, California 94122 (US). GUGLE, Anjali; 7668 West Hill Lane, Cupertino, California 95014 (54) Title: A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING WORKLOAD BASED ON A CREDIT-BASED MECHANISM DETERMINING SERVER CAPACITY AND LOAD OF A COMPUTE ,..- 502 mmommm ENVIRONMENT TO YIELD A SYSTEM ANALYSIS RUNNING A FIRST BENCHMARK JOB TO CALIBRATE A RESOURCE SCHEDULER TO YIELD A FIRST CALIBRATION 504 mom= mom= PARTITIONING BASED ON THE FIRST CALIBRATION THE COMPUTE mom= ENVIONMENT INTO MULTIPLE PRIORITY PATITIONS -^ 506 mom= === mom= ASSIGNING, BASED ON THE SYSTEM ANALYSIS A PLURALITY OF mmommm CREDITS PER TIME PERIOD TO THE COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT, WHEREIN EACH CREDIT OF THE PLURALITY OF CREDITS