Block allocation based on server utilization

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• generating a consensus message in accordance with a consensus protocol to establish a state of a replicated state machine across a set of replicated state machine-shards corresponding to the replicated state machine by at least:
• determining state information of the replicated state machine to provide to the set of replicated state machine-shards;
• and
• obtaining resource utilization information from a first computing device, the first computing device participating in the replicated state machine;
• determining the second computing device is hosting a replicated state machine-shard of the set of replicated state machine-shards;
• providing the second computing device with the generated consensus message based at least in part on the determination to cause the second computing device to calculate a utilization rate of the replicated state machine based at least in part on the obtained resource utilization information contained in the consensus message.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed by one or more processors of a first computing device, cause the first computing device to:

• generate a consensus message in accordance with a consensus protocol to establish a state of a replicated state machine across a set of replicated state machine-shards corresponding to the replicated state machine by at least:
• determining state information of the replicated state machine to provide to the set of replicated state machine-shards;
• and
• obtaining resource utilization information from the first computing device, the first computing device participating in the replicated state machine;
• determine the second computing device is hosting a replicated state machine-shard of the set of replicated state machine-shards;
• provide the second computing device with the generated consensus message based at least in part on the determination to cause the second computing device to calculate a utilization rate of the replicated state machine based at least in part on the obtained resource utilization information contained in the consensus message.