Patents by Inventor Brian Neil Makin

Brian Neil Makin 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).

  • Operating and maintaining a cluster of machines
    Patent number: 9128777
    Abstract: A method of operating a cluster of machines includes receiving a request for a disruption, determining a subset of machines of the cluster affected by the requested disruption, and determining a set of jobs having corresponding tasks on the affected machines. The method also includes computing a drain time for a drain that drains the tasks of the jobs from the affected machines, and scheduling on a drain calendar stored in non-transitory memory a drain interval for the drain. The drain interval has a start time and an end time. A maintenance system that includes a scheduler may execute such a method to maintain a cluster of machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael DeRosa, Brian McBarron, Brian Neil Makin, Hal Joseph Burch