Methods and apparatus for composite node malleability for disaggregated architectures

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• monitoring utilization of one or more remote resources connected via an optical fabric to a compute node including one or more processor circuits, the optical fabric to comprise a plurality of dual-mode optical switches;
• identifying, based on one or more criteria, that the one or more remote resources may be released;
• initiating release of the identified one or more remote resources;
• and
• transmitting a notification to a software stack via the optical fabric indicating that the identified one or more remote resources has been released, wherein the notification comprises:
• (i) an identifier of the identified one or more remote resources, and (ii) an amount of the identified one or more remote resources.

An article comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by processing circuitry of a compute node of a software-defined infrastructure system, the instructions to cause the compute node to:

• monitor utilization of one or more remote resources connected via an optical fabric to the compute node, the optical fabric to comprise a plurality of dual-mode optical switches;
• identify, based on one or more criteria, that the one or more remote resources may be released;
• initiate release of the identified one or more remote resources;
• and
• transmit a notification to a software stack via the optical fabric indicating that the identified one or more remote resources has been released, wherein the notification comprises:
• (i) an identifier of the identified one or more remote resources, and (ii) an amount of the identified one or more remote resources.