US Patent:
20110078411, Mar 31, 2011
Inventors:
Alex Maclinovsky - Bellevue WA, US
Blake Meike - Seattle WA, US
Chiranjeeb Buragohain - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Reddy Kommareddy - Lynnwood WA, US
Geoffrey Scott Pare - Seattle WA, US
John W. Heitmann - Seattle WA, US
Sumit Lohia - Seattle WA, US
Liang Chen - Mercer Island WA, US
Zachary S. Musgrave - Seattle WA, US
International Classification:
G06F 15/76
G06F 9/06
G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00
G06Q 30/00
US Classification:
712 30, 705 34, 712E09003
Abstract:
Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity, such as for a group of computing nodes that are provided for executing one or more programs for a user. In some situations, dynamic program execution capacity modifications for a computing node group that is in use may be performed periodically or otherwise in a recurrent manner, such as to aggregate multiple modifications that are requested or otherwise determined to be made during a period of time, and with the aggregation of multiple determined modifications being able to be performed in various manners. Modifications may be requested or otherwise determined in various manners, including based on dynamic instructions specified by the user, and on satisfaction of triggers that are previously defined by the user. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service.