Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-storage mediums for optimizing snapshot image processing are described. The system receives a first read request to read data from optimized snapshot information including snapshot information and cached snapshot information. The first read request includes a first offset identifying a first storage location and a first length. The snapshot information includes a full snapshot and at least one incremental snapshot. The system identifies a first portion of the data is stored in the snapshot information responsive to identifying the first portion of the data is not stored in the cache snapshot information. The system identifies a second portion of data is stored in the optimized snapshot information, reads the first portion of data and the second portion of data from the optimized snapshot information, and communicates the data, including the first and second portions of the data, to the job.

Abstract: A method for use an earned autopay account, an available autopay account, an earned points account, and an available points account each associated with a customer. The method includes storing a cache including first and second numbers of points stored in the available autopay account and the available points account, respectively. A points authorization request requesting a first transaction amount is received from a requesting computing device. A second transaction amount is subtracted from the first and/or second numbers of points. A points redemption request including a third transaction amount is sent to the payment processing computing device. Each of the first, second, and third transaction amounts includes a particular monetary value and/or a corresponding transaction number of points. The payment processing computing device subtracts the third transaction amount from the available points account and/or the available autopay account.

Abstract: In some examples, a data management and storage (DMS) system comprises peer DMS nodes in a node cluster, a distributed data store comprising local and cloud storage, and an IO request scheduler comprising at least one processor configured to perform operations in a method of scheduling IO requests. Example operations comprise implementing a kernel scheduler to schedule a flow of IO requests in the DMS system, and providing an adjustment layer to adjust the kernel scheduler based on an IO request prioritization. A flow of IO requests is identified and some examples implement an IO request prioritization based on the adjustments made by the adjustment layer.

Abstract: A method for use an earned autopay account, an available autopay account, an earned points account, and an available points account each associated with a customer. The method includes storing a cache including first and second numbers of points stored in the available autopay account and the available points account, respectively. A points authorization request requesting a first transaction amount is received from a requesting computing device. A second transaction amount is subtracted from the first and/or second numbers of points. A points redemption request including a third transaction amount is sent to the payment processing computing device. Each of the first, second, and third transaction amounts includes a particular monetary value and/or a corresponding transaction number of points. The payment processing computing device subtracts the third transaction amount from the available points account and/or the available autopay account.

Abstract: A method for use an earned autopay account, an available autopay account, an earned points account, and an available points account each associated with a customer. The method includes storing a cache including first and second numbers of points stored in the available autopay account and the available points account, respectively. A points authorization request requesting a first transaction amount is received from a requesting computing device. A second transaction amount is subtracted from the first and/or second numbers of points. A points redemption request including a third transaction amount is sent to the payment processing computing device. Each of the first, second, and third transaction amounts includes a particular monetary value and/or a corresponding transaction number of points. The payment processing computing device subtracts the third transaction amount from the available points account and/or the available autopay account.

Abstract: Techniques for self-organizing server migration into service provider systems are described. Connectors can be deployed in a customer network and associated with one or more virtual machine (VM) management servers and also with a server migration service. The customer may indicate what VMs are to be migrated, and the server migration service can dynamically select one or more of the connectors to perform migration operations based on operational or configuration characteristics of the connectors and/or the type of migration job to be performed. The connectors can be auto-scaled to increase or decrease operational capacity, and graceful failovers can be performed to eliminate migration failures resulting from connector failures.

Abstract: A method for use an earned autopay account, an available autopay account, an earned points account, and an available points account each associated with a customer. The method includes storing a cache including first and second numbers of points stored in the available autopay account and the available points account, respectively. A points authorization request requesting a first transaction amount is received from a requesting computing device. A second transaction amount is subtracted from the first and/or second numbers of points. A points redemption request including a third transaction amount is sent to the payment processing computing device. Each of the first, second, and third transaction amounts includes a particular monetary value and/or a corresponding transaction number of points. The payment processing computing device subtracts the third transaction amount from the available points account and/or the available autopay account.

Abstract: Techniques for automated application footprint discovery for application migration to containers are described. A snapshot of an application instance can be stored, the snapshot including the application instance and resources used by the application instance at runtime. The application instance can be run in an intermediate virtual machine, the intermediate virtual machine including at least one interceptor. At least one dependency of the application instance can be determined using the at least one interceptor while the application instance executes on the intermediate virtual machine. A template including the at least one dependency can be created and an application environment can be generated using the template.

Abstract: A passive-stereo three-dimensional display device is described. The display device includes unconventional pixel elements that may display, substantially simultaneously, colors from two image channels using different types of polarized light. The display integrates two polarizing filters over two sets of sub-pixel elements associated with the image channels. In a two-dimensional mode, a single color value may be displayed on both sets of sub-pixel elements to display a single color per pixel. In a three-dimensional mode, two color values may be displayed on the two discrete sets of sub-pixel elements.

Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium for dialysis treatment planning and optimization is disclosed. The system can include a processor programmed to perform operations including receiving a dialysis treatment parameter set and retrieving a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each dialyzer. The operations can also include iteratively calculating a cost impact of different treatment scenarios, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact and on a cost value. Each scenario can be stored along with the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario. The operations can further include selecting the scenario having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting the selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for the selected scenario.