# US 8,150,972 B2 · System and method of providing reservation masks within a compute environment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,150,972 B2 - Document ID: US8150972B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/024,772 - Filed: 2011-02-10 - Published: 2011-06-09 - Granted: 2012-04-03 - Earliest claimed: 2004-03-13 - Assignees: Adaptive Computing Enterprises, Inc. - Inventors: David Brian Jackson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8150972B2 ## CPC - G06F 9/468: {Specific access rights for resources, e.g. using capability register} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A system, method and computer-readable media for providing a reservation mask for compute resources such as a cluster or a grid. The method aspect comprises identifying a need type and a group of available resources, creating a reservation mask over the identified group of resources and if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining the creation of a reservation for the consumer to only use resources within the reservation mask. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment, the method comprising: identifying a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data; based on the identified data, creating a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein creating the non-consumption reservation mask further comprises specifying at least one timeframe during which the non-consumption reservation mask enforces constraints. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of independent time frames. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of regular, periodic timeframes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein need type is a personal reservation that comprises a reservation that dedicates resource access to at least one of a user and a group of users. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein if the personal reservation provides access to resources to a group of users, then each reservation and reservation timeframe are determined by a user in the group of users that requests the respective reservation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation further comprises modifying at least one of: an access control list, reserved resources and a time frame covered. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: creating a set of non-consumption reservation masks covering the multiple nodes, wherein multiple consumption sub-reservations created from multiple consumer requests are each constrained to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the set of non-consumption reservation masks. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: specifying an access control list that constrains which consumers can utilize compute resources within the non-consumption reservation mask. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the need type comprises at least one of: a particular use, a user, a group of users, a job source and a type of job submission. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for controlling a computing device to manage compute resources in a multi-node compute environment, the instructions comprising: identifying a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data; based on the identified data, creating a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise: creating a set of non-consumption reservation masks covering the multiple nodes, wherein multiple consumption sub-reservations created from multiple consumer requests are each constrained to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the set of non-consumption reservation masks. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the need type comprises at least one of: a particular use, a user, a group of users, a job source and a type of job submission. ### Claim 20 A system for managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment, the system comprising: a computer processor; a first module controlling the computer processor to identify a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data; a second module controlling the computer processor, based on the identified data, to create a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and a third module controlling the computer processor, if a request from a consumer matches the need type, to constrain a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not to constrain the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.