Methods and systems for multi-policy resource scheduling

A method of managing an allocation of a plurality of resources of a computer system configured to support a plurality of processes, comprising the steps of:

• selecting one of a plurality policy modules to query according to a master policy, each policy module of the plurality of policy modules being associated with and managing an allocation of resources required by at least one of the plurality of processes;
• issuing a query to the selected one of the plurality of policy modules;
• receiving a request for allocation of one of the plurality of resources in response to the issued query;
• responsive to the received request for allocation, issuing a resource allocation order to a dispatcher, the dispatcher being configured to bind selected resources to selected processes, the resource allocation order specifying the requested one of the plurality of resources, and
• executing the resource allocation order, the executing step being effective to bind the requested one of the plurality of resources to the at least one of the plurality of processes associated with the selected one of the plurality of policy modules.