System and method of providing reservation masks within a compute environment
View Patent ↗A system, method and computer-readable media for providing a reservation mask for compute resources such as a cluster or a grid. The method aspect comprises identifying a need type and a group of available resources, creating a reservation mask over the identified group of resources and if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining the creation of a reservation for the consumer to only use resources within the reservation mask.
1. A method of managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment wherein each node in the multi-node compute environment is under common management, the method comprising:
identifying a need type, the need type being associated with a need of at least one of a user and a job to be submitted, and a group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment;
based on the need type and the group of available compute resources, creating a non-consumption reservation mask covering multiple nodes within the multi-node compute environment, the non-consumption reservation mask comprising a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations; and
if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for the consumer to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not enforcing any constraints for creating the consumption sub-reservation.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-consumption reservation mask is for a need type of a personal reservation or a grid reservation.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the personal reservation comprises a reservation that dedicates resource access to a user or a group of users.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein if the personal reservation provides access to resources to a group of users, then each reservation and reservation timeframe are determined by a user in the group of users that requests the respective reservation.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein a grid reservation is a reservation requested from outside an administrative group.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request from the consumer is a non-administrator request.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein an administrator is not constrained within the non-consumption reservation mask.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the non-consumption reservation mask further comprises specifying at least one timeframe during which the non-consumption reservation mask enforces constraints.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of independent time frames.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of regular, periodic timeframes.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein modification of the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation further comprises modifying at least one of: an access control list, reserved resources and a time frame covered.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the consumption sub-reservation is constrained by independent, non-administrative criteria.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the criteria comprises at least one of quantity of resources and on a per-credential basis.
17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
creating a set of non-consumption reservation masks covering the multiple nodes, wherein multiple consumption sub-reservations created from multiple consumer requests are each constrained to only use at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the set of non-consumption reservation masks.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compute environment is a grid environment and the request from a consumer is a grid-based request.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compute environment is one of: a compute farm, a data center, a virtual hosting center, a hosting center, a grid and a cluster.
20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request from a consumer is a personal-based request.
21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request from a consumer is placed in an access control list.
22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
specifying an access control list that constrains which consumers or resource requests may utilize compute resources within the non-consumption reservation mask.
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein the need type comprises at least one of: a particular use, a user, a group of users, a job source and a type of job submission.
24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying a need type and a group of available resources is based on an administrative policy.
25. A method of managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment wherein each node in the multi-node compute environment is under common management, the method comprising:
identifying a need type, the need type being associated with a need of at least one of a user and a job to be submitted, and a group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment;
based on the need type and the group of available compute resources, creating a non-consumption reservation mask covering multiple nodes within the multi-node compute environment, the non-consumption reservation mask comprising a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations; and
if a request from a requestor matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for the requestor independent of the non-consumption reservation mask and according to credentials associated with the request, the creation of consumption sub-reservations being on at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not enforcing any constraints for creating the consumption sub-reservation.
26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the request is a non-administrative request.
27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the request is a request for a consumption sub-reservation comprising one of a grid-based reservation and a personal reservation.
28. The method of claim 25 , wherein the credentials are one of: a per user credentials, per group credentials, per class credentials, quality of service-based credentials and a partition-based credentials.
29. A system for managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment wherein each node in the multi-node compute environment is under common management, the system comprising:
a computer processor;
identification means for controlling the computer processor to identify a need type, the need type being associated with a need of at least one of a user and a job to be submitted, and a group of available resources within the multi-node compute environment;
creation means for controlling the computer processor, based on the need type and the group of available compute resources, to create a non-consumption reservation mask covering multiple nodes within the multi-node compute environment, the non-consumption reservation mask comprising a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations; and
constraining means for controlling the computer processor to constrain a creation of a consumption sub-reservation associated with a request from a consumer that matches the need type, the consumption sub-reservation being on at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, wherein if the request from the consumer does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.
30. The system of claim 29 , wherein the means for constraining the creation of a consumption sub-reservation constrains the creation of the consumption sub-reservation independent of the non-consumption reservation mask and according to credentials associated with the request.
31. The system of claim 30 , wherein the credentials are one of: a per user credentials, per group credentials, per class credentials, quality of service-based credentials and a partition-based credentials.
32. The system of claim 29 , wherein the means for constraining the creation of a consumption sub-reservation constrains the creation of the consumption sub-reservation to only use compute resources within the non-consumption reservation mask.
33. A system for managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment wherein each node in the multi-node compute environment is under common management, the system comprising:
a computer processor;
an identification module configured to control the computer processor to identify a need type, the need type being associated with a need of at least one of a user and a job to be submitted, and a group of available resources within the multi-node compute environment;
a creation module configured to control the computer processor, based on the need type and the group of available compute resources, to create a non-consumption reservation mask covering multiple nodes within the multi-node compute environment, the non-consumption reservation mask comprising a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations; and
a constraining module configured to control the computer processor to constrain a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for the consumer if a request from a consumer matches the need type, the consumption sub-reservation being on at least a portion of the multiple nodes covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, wherein if the request from the consumer does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.
34. The system of claim 33 , wherein the module configured to constrain the creation of the consumption sub-reservation constrains the creation of the consumption sub-reservation independent of the non-consumption reservation mask and according to credentials associated with the request.
35. The system of claim 34 , wherein the credentials are one of: a per user credentials, per group credentials, per class credentials, quality of service-based credentials and a partition-based credentials.
36. The system of claim 33 , wherein the module configured to constrain the creation of the consumption sub-reservation constrains the creation of the consumption sub-reservation to only use resources within the non-consumption reservation mask.
37. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a computing device to manage compute resources within a compute environment, the instructions comprising:
identifying a need type, the need type being associated with a need of at least one of a user and a job to be submitted, and a group of available resources;
based on the need type and the group of available compute resources, creating a non-consumption reservation mask covering multiple nodes within the available resources, the non-consumption reservation mask comprising a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations; and
constraining the creation of a consumption sub-reservation for the consumer if a request from a consumer matches the need type, the consumption sub-reservation being on at least a portion of the multiple nodes, wherein if the request from the consumer does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.
38. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 37 , wherein the consumption sub-reservation is constrained to only use resources within the non-consumption reservation mask.
39. The non-transitory medium of claim 37 , wherein the consumption sub-reservation is created for the request independent of the non-consumption reservation mask and according to credentials associated with the request.