Citrix Systems, Inc.
Virtual machine power management

Abstract:

Methods and system for power management of computing resources supporting one or more virtual machines involves grouping the plurality of virtual machines into a plurality of groups. The grouping can comprise assigning each of the plurality of virtual machines to one or more of the plurality of groups based on virtual machine functionality. For each group, a further determination is made as to whether the level of activity is indicative of an idle state. Upon determining that the level of activity associated with a group is indicative of an idle state, that group of virtual machines is instructed to enter a low power mode.