Workload Management Capabilities

The workload management capabilities elevate the control over the entire pool of compute appliances and its resources to mainframe-like levels, while keeping the same simple usage principles. Strict control and monitoring of resource allocation and use allow delivery of compute as a utility.

• Policy Based Service Level Guarantees. Compute resources are allocated dynamically based on policies, guaranteeing consistent service levels, high availability, and dynamic alignment of resources with shifting business priorities.

• Priorities. Allocation of processor cores to competing applications when use levels exceed guaranteed minimums can be skewed toward higher priority applications.

• Resource limits. Maximums can be set for the number of concurrent application instances allowed per appliance and for levels of memory and processor cores allocated to individual applications.

• Sparing. Memory and processing resources can be set aside on compute appliances to guarantee that capacity is available to restart critical applications in the event of compute appliance failure.

• Usage Data Records. The CPM Data Manager enables real-time accumulation of usage data for applications, compute appliances, and compute pools, allowing tracking of capacity utilization trends and billing for application use of compute pool resources.

• Remote Controls and Integration. A Java based API enables customized integration with enterprise management and orchestration frameworks. The API enables centralized management of CPM resource policies, scripting for automatic compute pool management, disaster recovery handling, and retrieval of resource usage information. As a result, IT organizations can simplify system management and speed time-to-deployment for new installations.