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, the method comprising:
identifying a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data;
based on the identified data, creating a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and
if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.
2. 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.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of independent time frames.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one time frame further comprises a plurality of regular, periodic timeframes.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein need type is a personal reservation that comprises a reservation that dedicates resource access to at least one of a user and a group of users.
6. The method of claim 5 , 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.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation further comprises modifying at least one of: an access control list, reserved resources and a time frame covered.
11. 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.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
specifying an access control list that constrains which consumers can utilize compute resources within the non-consumption reservation mask.
13. 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.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for controlling a computing device to manage compute resources in a multi-node compute environment, the instructions comprising:
identifying a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data;
based on the identified data, creating a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and
if a request from a consumer matches the need type, then constraining a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not constraining the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further comprise modifying the consumption sub-reservation according to received data.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the received data is at least one of resource usage, system performance, a policy and a criterion associated with the request.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein modifying the consumption sub-reservation is bounded by a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
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.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , 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.
20. A system for managing compute resources within a multi-node compute environment, the system comprising:
a computer processor;
a first module controlling the computer processor to identify a need type and a group of group of available compute resources within the multi-node compute environment to yield identified data;
a second module controlling the computer processor, based on the identified data, to create a non-consumption reservation mask that comprises a policy enforcing mechanism to manage and constrain consumption sub-reservations of compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask; and
a third module controlling the computer processor, if a request from a consumer matches the need type, to constrain a creation of a consumption sub-reservation for compute resources such that the consumer can only use at least a portion of the compute resources covered by the non-consumption reservation mask, else, if the request does not match the need type, then not to constrain the creation of the consumption sub-reservation.