US 10,853,117 B2Granted

Management of virtual desktop instance pools

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsNathan Bartholomew Thomas, Salman Aftab Paracha, Varun Verma

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Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for management of virtual desktop instance pools are disclosed. A plurality of virtual desktop instances are provisioned in a pool for a client organization. The number of virtual desktop instances does not exceed a number of virtual desktop slots for the client organization. To a first client device associated with a first user, access is provided to a particular virtual desktop instance based (at least in part) on a determination that a current number of connected virtual desktop instances is less than the number. To a second client device associated with a second user, access is denied to the plurality of virtual desktop instances based (at least in part) on a determination that a current number of connected virtual desktop instances meets the number.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a plurality of computing nodes in a provider network that collectively provide a virtual desktop service to a plurality of client organizations, wherein each of the computing nodes comprises at least one processor and a memory;
wherein the virtual desktop service is configured to:
determine a fixed number of virtual desktop slots;
provision a plurality of virtual desktop instances in a pool, wherein the virtual desktop instances are implemented using resources of the provider network, and wherein the pool of virtual desktop instances comprises a plurality of connected virtual desktop instances that are running and connected to users of a client organization of the plurality of client organizations, along with a plurality of disconnected virtual desktop instances that are running but not connected to any users of the client organization;
determine an anticipated rate of the fixed number of virtual desktop slots being consumed by the plurality of connected virtual desktop instances in the pool;
and
reclaim one or more of the plurality of disconnected virtual desktop instances in the pool based at least in part on the anticipated rate, wherein one or more reclaimed virtual desktop instances are available for new connection requests.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing program instructions that when executed by or across one or more processors of a provider network that collectively implement a virtual desktop service, cause the one or more processors to:

provisioning a pool of virtual desktop instances for a client organization comprising a plurality of virtual desktop instances, wherein the pool of virtual desktop instances comprises a plurality of connected virtual desktop instances that are running and connected to users of the client organization, along with a plurality of disconnected virtual desktop instances that are running but not connected to any users of the client organization;
determining an anticipated rate of a number of virtual desktop slots being consumed by the plurality of connected virtual desktop instances in the pool of virtual desktop instances;
and
reclaiming one or more of the plurality of disconnected virtual desktop instances in the pool of virtual desktop instances based at least in part on the anticipated rate, wherein one or more reclaimed virtual desktop instances are available for new connection requests.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/049,508Filed 30 Jul 2018 · continuation
Priority: 28 Dec 2015
Published: US 2018/0336059 A122 Nov 2018
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 9/45558
Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors: hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
G06F 9/5061
Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]: partitioning or combining of resources
G06F 9/5077
Partitioning or combining of resources: logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources
G06F 2009/4557
Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects: distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing

Family

Application14/981,587Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Dec 2015
US 2018/0336059 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Nov 2018
US 10,037,221 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0185437 A1Published application
US 10,853,117 B2This patent

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