Determining an imbalance among computer-component usage

Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to perform a method of reassigning computer operations between a set of computer components, the method comprising:

• referencing in a datastore a set-imbalance value that quantifies an extent to which the computer operations are unevenly assigned between a number of computer components of the set of computer components;
• utilizing the computing device to determine a normalized set-imbalance value that is usable to compare an imbalance of the set of computer components to an imbalance of another set of computer components,
• (1) wherein the other set of computer components includes a second number of computer components that is not equal to the first number, and
• (2) wherein the normalized set-imbalance value is a ratio of the set-imbalance value divided by a logarithm of the first number of computer components;
• associating in the datastore the normalized set-imbalance value with the set of computer components;
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• reassigning computer operations between the number of computer components of the set of computer components.

Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to perform a method of reassigning computer operations between a set of computer components, the method comprising:

• referencing in a datastore a first performance value of a first computer component,
• (1) wherein the first performance value indicates a usage of the first computer component toward executing the computer operations, and
• (2) wherein a first average performance value indicates an average usage of each computer component of the set of computer components;
• utilizing the computing device to determine a first component value of the first computer component,
• (1) wherein the first component value quantifies a contribution of the usage of the first computer component toward an imbalanced assignment of the computer operations between the set of computer components,
• (2) wherein the first component value is based in-part on a ratio of the first performance value divided by the first average performance value, and
• (3) wherein the first component value is usable, together with other component values that describe each of the other computer components of the set of computer components, to determine a first set-imbalance value, which quantifies an extent to which the computer operations are unevenly assigned between each computer component of the set of computer components;
• based on the first component value, reassigning a portion of the computer operations being executed by the first computer component to one or more of the other computer components, wherein reassigning the portion changes the usage of the first computer component toward executing the computer operations;
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• utilizing the computing device to calculate a second set-imbalance value, which is usable to determine whether the server operations are more evenly assigned after the portion was reassigned.