Method and system for balancing the load and computer resources among computers

A system for balancing load of computer resources among a plurality of computers having a plurality of Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDSs) consuming the resources, the system comprising:

• the plurality of VDSs running on the plurality of computers, each VDS servicing requests from clients,
• each computer having a single instance of the operating system shared by multiple VDSs running on the that computer;
• each of the plurality of computers measuring their own resource consumption level by hooking calls for services on each of the computers,
• each of the plurality of computers comparing the resource consumption level of the computers with their allowed lower threshold;
• each of the plurality of computers determining the VDSs to be moved, and the computers to move the VDSs to;
• and
• upon the resource consumption on one computer exceeding a first threshold, moving a VDS from one of the computers to another, such that the VDS is moved from a computer with a first operating system to a computer with a different operating system.

A system for balancing the load of computer resources, the system comprising:

• a plurality of Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDSs) running on a plurality of computers, each VDS executing at least one user application and responding to requests from clients , such that multiple VDSs that are running on the same computer share a single instance of the operating system;
• means for measuring the consumption level of the resources by each VDS on each computer;
• means for hooking calls for services on each of the computers to retrieve the consumption level from the computers;
• means for comparing the consumption level of the resources on the computers by the VDSs with their allowed lower threshold;
• means for determining which of the VDSs need to be moved from one of the computers to a different computer, based on the comparison, and to which computer the VDS should be moved;
• and
• means for moving a VDS from one of the computers to a different computer, and which includes moving the VDS from a computer with a first operating system to a computer with a different operating system.