VMware, Inc.
CLUSTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT USING ADAPTIVE MEMORY DEMAND

Abstract:

Various examples are disclosed for cluster resource management using adaptive memory demands. Some aspects involve determining a destination memory estimate and a local memory estimate for various workloads executing in a datacenter. Goodness scores are determined corresponding to the candidate workload being executed on a number of different hosts. The goodness scores are determined using the local memory estimates for the currently executing workloads, the destination memory estimate is utilized for the candidate workload if it is not executing on the corresponding host. The workloads are balanced based on the goodness scores.