18394677. Apparatus, Device, Method, Computer Program and Computer System for Determining Presence of a Noisy Neighbor Virtual Machine simplified abstract (Intel Corporation)

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Apparatus, Device, Method, Computer Program and Computer System for Determining Presence of a Noisy Neighbor Virtual Machine

Organization Name

Intel Corporation

Inventor(s)

Mona Minakshi of Hillsboro OR (US)

Shamima Najnin of Portland OR (US)

Rajesh Poornachandran of PORTLAND OR (US)

Apparatus, Device, Method, Computer Program and Computer System for Determining Presence of a Noisy Neighbor Virtual Machine - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18394677 titled 'Apparatus, Device, Method, Computer Program and Computer System for Determining Presence of a Noisy Neighbor Virtual Machine

Simplified Explanation

The patent application abstract describes an apparatus, method, and computer program for determining the presence of a noisy neighbor virtual machine in a computer system.

  • The apparatus includes interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions, and processor circuitry.
  • It obtains performance information from hardware performance measurement components.
  • It determines the deviation of the computer system's utilization from expected utilization.
  • It identifies the presence of a virtual machine impacting the performance of other virtual machines based on this deviation.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in cloud computing environments to optimize resource allocation and performance management by identifying and addressing noisy neighbor virtual machines.

Problems Solved

This technology solves the problem of inefficient resource utilization and performance degradation caused by noisy neighbor virtual machines in shared computing environments.

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include improved system performance, enhanced user experience, and increased efficiency in resource allocation in virtualized environments.

Potential Commercial Applications

"Optimizing Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing Environments"

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art could be the use of performance monitoring tools in virtualized environments to identify and address performance issues caused by noisy neighbor virtual machines.

Unanswered Questions

How does this technology impact the overall cost-effectiveness of cloud computing services?

This technology can potentially reduce operational costs by improving resource utilization and performance efficiency in cloud computing environments.

What are the scalability limitations of this technology in large-scale virtualized environments?

The scalability of this technology may be a concern in large-scale virtualized environments with a high number of virtual machines, as it may impact the efficiency of performance monitoring and analysis processes.


Original Abstract Submitted

Examples relate to an apparatus, a device, a method, a computer program (or computer-readable medium) and computer system for determining presence of a noisy neighbor virtual machine. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus for a computer system, the apparatus comprising interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions to obtain performance information of one or more hardware performance measurement components of the computer system, determine, based on the performance information, a deviation of a utilization of the computer system from an expected utilization of the computer system, and determine presence of a first virtual machine having a workload that impacts a performance of one or more second virtual machines based on the deviation.