Patents by Inventor Christopher M. McDermott

Christopher M. McDermott has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optimizing virtual machine memory sizing for cloud-scale application deployments
    Patent number: 9946573
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating allocation of computing resources, such as addressable memory, to virtual machines in a networked computing environment. An example method includes ascertaining a first set of information characterizing one or more computing resources of the computing environment, wherein the first set of information includes information indicating allocable memory in the computing environment; determining a set of memory allocation rules applicable to the one or more virtual machines and the computing environment; and employing the first set of information and the set of memory allocation rules to automatically generate and optionally implement one or more indications or recommendations for adjusting existing memory allocations in accordance with the memory allocation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher M. McDermott
  • OPTIMIZING VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY SIZING FOR CLOUD-SCALE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTS
    Publication number: 20160342443
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating allocation of computing resources, such as addressable memory, to virtual machines in a networked computing environment. An example method includes ascertaining a first set of information characterizing one or more computing resources of the computing environment, wherein the first set of information includes information indicating allocable memory in the computing environment; determining a set of memory allocation rules applicable to the one or more virtual machines and the computing environment; and employing the first set of information and the set of memory allocation rules to automatically generate and optionally implement one or more indications or recommendations for adjusting existing memory allocations in accordance with the memory allocation rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher M. McDermott