System and method for tracking the memory state of a migrating logical partition

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a logical partition having a plurality of pages and configured to use cycles of the processor;
• and
• program code in communication with the logical partition and executable by the processor, the program code configured to automatically track a state of a page of the plurality of pages of the logical partition as the logical partition migrates˜wherein the program code initiates migrating the page based on the state of the page relative to another state of another page of the logical partition,
• wherein the program code is further in communication a entries corresponding to a plurality of page states.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a logical partition having a plurality of pages and configured to use cycles of the processor;
• and
• program code in communication with the logical partition and executable by the processor, the program code configured to automatically track a state of a page of the plurality of pages of the logical partition as the logical partition migrates, wherein the state of the page of the logical partition further comprises a numerical value indicative of an amount of changes affecting the page.