System and method of co-allocating a reservation spanning different compute resources types

A method of co-allocating resources within a compute environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a first request for a reservation for a first type of resource in a compute environment comprising a plurality of networked computing devices;
• analyzing first constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request and related to use of the plurality of networked computing devices within the compute environment;
• identifying a first group of resources that meets the first request;
• receiving a second request for a reservation for a second type of resource in the compute environment;
• analyzing second constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the second request and related to use of the plurality of networked computing devices within the compute environment, wherein the first type of resource and second type of resource are on different computing devices in the compute environment;
• identifying a second group of resources that meets the second request;
• and
• generating a co-allocation map between the first group of resources and the second group of resources.

A method of managing computer resources in a compute environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for a reservation of compute resources, the reservation requiring a first type of resource and a second type of resource within the compute environment, the compute environment comprising a plurality of networked servers;
• performing an analysis of the compute environment based on the request and service level agreement guarantees associated with the request;
• and
• generating a co-allocation map between the first type of resource and the second type of resource, the co-allocation map covering compute resources on at least two network servers in the compute environment.

A method of managing computer resources in a compute environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for a reservation of compute resources, the reservation requiring a first type of resource and a second type of resource within the compute environment, the compute environment comprising a plurality of networked servers;
• performing an analysis of the compute environment based on the request and service level agreement guarantees associated with the request;
• and
• generating a co-allocation map between the first type of resource and the second type of resource, the co-allocation map covering resources of at least two network servers in the compute environment, the co-allocation map covering at least two different types of resources in a single server in the compute environment that has a homogeneous processor architecture.

A method of co-allocating resources within a compute environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a first request for a reservation for a first type of resource in a compute environment comprising a plurality of networked computing devices;
• analyzing first constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request, the first constraints and guarantees related to use of the compute environment;
• identifying a first group of resources that meet the first request;
• receiving a second request for a reservation for a second type of resource in the compute environment;
• analyzing second constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the second request and related to use of the compute environment, wherein the first type of resource and second type of resource span at least one computing device of the plurality of networked computing devices, wherein each computing device of the plurality of networked computing devices has a homogeneous processor architecture;
• identifying a second group of resources that meet the second request;
• and
• generating a co-allocation map between the first group of resources and the second group of resources, wherein the first constraints, the second constraints and the service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request and the second request relate to time-based policies which limit requestors to a pre-determined quantity of resources at any given moment in time.

A system for co-allocating resources within a compute environment, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a first module controlling the processor to receive a first request for a reservation for a first type of resource in a compute environment comprising a plurality of networked computing devices;
• a second module controlling the processor to analyze first constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request, the first constraints and service level agreement guarantees related to use of the compute environment;
• a third module controlling the processor to identify a first group of resources that meet the request for the first type of resource;
• a fourth module controlling the processor to receive a second request for a reservation for a second type of resource in the compute environment;
• a fifth module controlling the processor to analyze second constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the second request, the second constraints and service level agreement guarantees related to use of the compute environment, wherein the first type of resource and second type of resource span at least one computing device of the plurality of networked computing devices, wherein each computing device of the plurality of networked computing device has a homogeneous processor architecture;
• a sixth module controlling the processor to identify a second group of resources that meet the request for the second type of resource;
• and
• a seventh module controlling the processor to generate a co-allocation map between the first group of resources and the second group of resources, wherein the first constraints, the second constraints and the service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request and the second request relate to time-based policies which limit requestors to a pre-determined quantity of resources at any given moment in time.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a computing device to co-allocate resources within a compute environment, the instructions causing the computing device to perform steps comprising:

• receiving a first request for a reservation for a first type of resource in a compute environment comprising a plurality of networked computing devices;
• analyzing first constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request, the first constraints and service level agreement guarantees related to use of the compute environment;
• identifying a first group of resources that meet the request for the first type of resource;
• receiving a second request for a reservation for a second type of resource in the compute environment;
• analyzing second constraints and service level agreement guarantees associated with the second request, the second constraints and service level agreement guarantees related to use of the compute environment, wherein the first type of resource and second type of resource span at least one computing device of the plurality of computing devices, wherein each computing device of the at least one computing device has a homogeneous processor architecture;
• identifying a second group of resources that meet the request for the second type of resource;
• and
• generating a co-allocation map between the first group of resources and the second group of resources, wherein the first constraints, the second constraints and the service level agreement guarantees associated with the first request and the second request relate to time-based policies which limit requestors to a pre-determined quantity of resources at any given moment in time.