Patents by Inventor DILTON MONROO McGOWAN, II

DILTON MONROO McGOWAN, II 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).

  • Ranking of target server partitions for virtual server mobility operations
    Patent number: 8782322
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for automated ranking of target server partitions based on current workload partition performance state. When a violation of a stack tier policy for the virtualized process collection in a source logical partition is detected, the stack tier comprising the virtualized process collection is examined to determine a scalability of the stack tier. A set of logical partitions are examined to identify target logical partitions for the migration event, wherein the target logical partitions are compatible for migrating the virtualized process collection based on the scalability of the stack tier. A performance state of the virtualized process collection is analyzed, and the target logical partitions for selection in the migration event are ranked based on the performance states of the virtualized process collection and the stack tier policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Richard Houlihan, Dilton Monroo McGowan, II
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANKING OF TARGET SERVER PARTITIONS FOR VIRTUAL SERVER MOBILITY OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20080320269
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for automated ranking of target server partitions based on current workload partition performance state. When a violation of a stack tier policy for the virtualized process collection in a source logical partition is detected, the stack tier comprising the virtualized process collection is examined to determine a scalability of the stack tier. A set of logical partitions are examined to identify target logical partitions for the migration event, wherein the target logical partitions are compatible for migrating the virtualized process collection based on the scalability of the stack tier. A performance state of the virtualized process collection is analyzed, and the target logical partitions for selection in the migration event are ranked based on the performance states of the virtualized process collection and the stack tier policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: JOHN RICHARD HOULIHAN, DILTON MONROO McGOWAN, II