US 9,866,496 B2Granted

Methods and systems for allocating and de-allocating delivery groups across multiple server farms

AssigneeCitrix Systems, Inc.

InventorsChristopher Lawrence, Thomas M. Kludy, Felipe Leon

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Abstract

The embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for pairing delivery group machines with one or more server farms in computing networks. The methods and apparatus can allocate machines in a delivery group across one or more server farms in a manner that maximizes efficiency through better computer resource usage. The methods and apparatuses select a server farm having a largest available capacity, and allocate machines from a delivery group to the server farm. If the quantity of delivery group machines exceeds the server farm capacity, the remaining machines are allocated to a second server farm. The methods and appliances also provide for de-allocating server farms, by selecting a server farm with the least allocated capacity, and de-allocating one or more delivery group machines from the selected server farm to reduce the number of utilized server farms.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

one or more data storage devices configured to store one or more mappings between one or more delivery groups and a plurality of virtual server farms including a first virtual server farm and a second virtual server farm, wherein each virtual server farm of the plurality of virtual server farms is configured to provide a desktop virtualization environment to a respective group of users, and wherein each delivery group is a group of machines for supporting applications and programs requested by a user connected to a virtual server farm;
one or more processors configured to execute instructions causing the device to:
select a delivery group having a plurality of machines;
select the first virtual server farm and the second virtual server farm for assigning the plurality of machines of the delivery group;
assign a quantity of machines of the delivery group in accordance with the following operations:
if a first virtual server farm has a capacity to support a number of machines that is equal to or greater than a number of machines of the selected delivery group, assign the quantity of machines of the delivery group to the first virtual server farm, and
if the first virtual server farm has a capacity to support a number of machines that is less than the number of machines of the selected delivery group, perform the following operations:
(a) assign first machines of the quantity of machines to the first virtual server farm until the first virtual server farm's capacity is reached, where the first machines comprise those machines of the quantity of machines running software needed by users connected to the first virtual server farm;
and
(b) assign any remaining first machines and second machines of the quantity of machines to the second virtual server farm.

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A method performed by a device configured to allocate machines of a delivery group to a plurality of virtual server farms including a first virtual server farm and a second virtual server farm, wherein each virtual server farm is configured to provide a desktop virtualization environment to a respective group of users, and wherein each delivery group is a group of machines for supporting applications and programs requested by a user connected to a virtual server farm, the method comprising:

selecting a delivery group having a quantity of machines;
selecting a first virtual server farm for assigning the quantity of machines of the delivery group;
assigning the quantity of machines of the delivery group, the assigning comprising:
in response to the first virtual server farm having a capacity to support a quantity of machines that is equal to or greater than the quantity of machines of the selected delivery group, assigning the quantity of machines of the delivery group to the first virtual server farm;
and
in response to the first virtual server farm having a capacity to support a quantity of machines that is less than the number of machines of the selected delivery group,
assigning first machines of the quantity of machines to the first virtual server farm until the first virtual server farm's capacity is reached, where the first machines comprise those machines of the quantity of machines running software needed by users connected to the first virtual server farm, and
assigning any remaining first machines and second machines of the quantity of machines to a second virtual server farm.

5 more elements

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that is executable by one or more processors of a device to cause the device to perform a method to allocate machines of a delivery group to a plurality of virtual server farms including a first virtual server farm and a second virtual server farm, wherein each virtual server farm is configured to provide a desktop virtualization environment to a respective group of users, and wherein each delivery group is a group of machines configured for supporting applications and programs requested by a user connected to a virtual server farm, the method comprising:

selecting a delivery group having a quantity of machines;
selecting, from a plurality of virtual server farms, a first virtual server farms for assigning the quantity of machines;
assigning the quantity of machines of the delivery group, the assigning comprising:
if the first virtual server farm has a capacity to support a number of machines that is equal to or greater than the number of machines of the selected delivery group, assigning the quantity of machines of the delivery group to the first virtual server farm, and
if the first virtual server farm supports a number of machines that is less than the number of machines of the selected delivery group,
(a) assigning first machines of the delivery group to the first virtual server farm until the first virtual server farm's capacity is reached, where the first machines comprise those machines of the quantity of machines running software needed by users connected to the first virtual server, and
(b) assigning any remaining first machines and second machines of the delivery group to a second virtual server farm.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/566,553Filed 10 Dec 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 11 Dec 2013
Published: US 2015/0163160 A111 Jun 2015
Granted: 9 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 9/5077
Partitioning or combining of resources: logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources
H04L 47/70
Traffic control in data switching networks: admission control; Resource allocation
G06F
Computing and data processing
H04L
Digital communication