Systems and methods for policy-based application management

A software product for managing a plurality of applications running on a plurality of computer servers, the software product comprising:

• application scheduler software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to receive at least one policy for managing the applications over the computer servers, receive resource usage information indicating performance of the computer servers, receive user load information indicating usage by users of the applications, compare the at least one policy with the resource usage information and the user load information to determine whether policy violations exist, and determine and execute a modification action of the applications in response to the policy violation;
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• a software storage medium operational to store the application scheduler software.

A system for managing a plurality of applications running on a plurality of computer servers, the system comprising:

• an application scheduler configured to receive at least one policy for managing the applications over the computer servers, receive resource usage information indicating performance of the computer servers, receive user load information indicating usage by users of the applications, compare the at least one policy with the resource usage information and the user load information to determine whether policy violations exist, and determine and execute a modification action of the applications in response to the existing policy violation;
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• a resource controller configured to perform the modification action on the applications.