Coordination of cache and memory reservation

A computer system for coordinating cache and memory reservation in a computerized system comprising a cache memory, a memory and a memory controller, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• detecting a first plurality of virtual machines and a second plurality of virtual machines in the computerized system, wherein the first plurality of virtual machines and the second plurality of virtual machines communicate with the memory through the cache memory and a plurality of memory channels, wherein the first plurality of virtual machines runs latency-critical services, and the second plurality of virtual machines runs non-critical services;
• based on the second plurality of virtual machines running the non-critical services, assigning a low memory request priority;
• based on the first plurality of virtual machines running the latency-critical services, determining a current cache access rate and a required memory bandwidth of the first plurality of virtual machines;
• based on the determined current cache access rate and the required memory bandwidth, proportionally allocating a cache partition to the first plurality of virtual machines, wherein a size of the cache partition corresponds to the determined cache access rate and the required memory bandwidth;
• defining a threshold value comprising a number of cache misses per time unit, wherein the threshold value helps determining whether an improvement caused by the cache partitioning is significant;
• based on the number of cache misses per time unit being above the threshold value, identifying one or more virtual machines in the first plurality of virtual machines as cache-bound and retaining the cache partition;
• receiving a memory request;
• based on the one or more virtual machines in the first plurality of virtual machines being identified as cache-bound, assigning a medium priority for scheduling the memory request;
• based on the number of cache misses per time unit being below the threshold value, identifying one or more virtual machines in the first plurality of virtual machines as bandwidth-bound and removing the cache partition;
• based on the one or more virtual machines in the first plurality of virtual machines being identified as bandwidth-bound, assigning a high priority for scheduling the memory request, wherein a bandwidth-bound virtual machine comprises a higher memory bandwidth demand than a cache-bound virtual machine;
• determining whether free memory channels are available;
• based on determining that a number of free memory channels is less than the first plurality of virtual machines, assigning at least one cache-bound virtual machine and at least one bandwidth bound virtual machine to the same memory channel;
• and
• based on determining that the number of free memory channels exceeds the first plurality of virtual machines, preventing two or more bandwidth-bound virtual machines from being assigned to the same memory channel, and assigning a mixed grouping of bandwidth-bound virtual machines and cache-bound virtual machines to the same memory channel such that an aggregate bandwidth usage of the mixed grouping is the lowest.