Patents by Inventor Chiara Francalanci

Chiara Francalanci 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).

  • Method, system and computer program for configuring server farms at minimum cost
    Patent number: 7886036
    Abstract: A solution is provided for configuring a server farm (for example, to run a SAP application). The SAP application sets corresponding operational constraints for the server farm (defined by a required processing power and a required memory for the application instances and the DBMS instance of the SAP application). A mathematical model of the server farm is defined, so as to allow selecting the optimal configuration thereof that minimizes its total cost. For this purpose, the servers are chosen with a memory proportional to the corresponding power. More complex models are then provided for a high-reliability scenario, a scalability scenario, and a consolidation scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Danilo Ardagna, Eugenio Conforti, Chiara Francalanci, Silvia Lucchini, Gatti Mauro, Salvatore Morsello, Marco Trubian
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONFIGURING SERVER FARMS AT MINIMUM COST
    Publication number: 20080104383
    Abstract: A solution is provided for configuring a server farm (for example, to run a SAP application). The SAP application sets corresponding operational constraints for the server farm (defined by a required processing power and a required memory for the application instances and the DBMS instance of the SAP application). A mathematical model of the server farm is defined, so as to allow selecting the optimal configuration thereof that minimizes its total cost. For this purpose, the servers are chosen with a memory proportional to the corresponding power. More complex models are then provided for a high-reliability scenario, a scalability scenario, and a consolidation scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Danilo Ardagna, Eugenio Conforti, Chiara Francalanci, Silvia Lucchini, Gatti Mauro, Salvatore Morsello, Marco Trubian