Controlled storage utilization
AssigneeNovell, Inc.
InventorsArijit Dutta, Harpreet Singh Walia
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to maintain a repository of stored executable images including a unique instance of an executable image comprising an operating system and at least a portion of one or more applications, and to provide substantially simultaneous executable access to a plurality of virtual or physical machines to execute portions of the executable image without constructing additional instances of the executable image. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first node including a repository of stored executable images including a unique instance of an executable image comprising an operating system and at least a portion of one or more applications;
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- a communications processor included in the first node to provide substantially simultaneous executable access to a plurality of virtual or physical machines to execute portions of the executable image without constructing additional instances of the executable image.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a node to access an instruction loader-controller to fetch instructions, wherein the instructions are included in an instance of an executable image comprising an operating system and at least a portion of one or more applications, wherein the executable image is unique among a plurality of stored executable images included in a repository, and wherein a plurality of nodes including the node have substantially simultaneous execution access to the executable image;
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- an execution processor included in the node to execute the instructions to run portions of the operating system or the at least a portion of the one or more applications.
A processor-implemented method to execute on one or more processors that perform the method, comprising:
- maintaining a repository of stored executable images including a unique instance of an executable image comprising an operating system and at least a portion of one or more applications;
- and
- providing substantially simultaneous executable access to a plurality of virtual or physical machines to execute portions of the executable image without constructing additional instances of the executable image.
A processor-implemented method to execute on one or more processors that perform the method, comprising:
- fetching instructions by at least one node included in a plurality of nodes, wherein the instructions are included in an instance of an executable image comprising an operating system and at least a portion of one or more applications, wherein the executable image is unique among a plurality of stored executable images included in a repository, and wherein the plurality of nodes have substantially simultaneous execution access to the executable image;
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- executing the instructions by the at least one node to run portions of the operating system or the at least a portion of the one or more applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.