Inventors:
Bruce D. Alexander - Louisville CO, US
Jennie L. Simsick - Broomfield CO, US
Rachelle A. Dillon - Arvada CO, US
Jeffrey W. Giedt - Lakewood CO, US
Margaret M. Mellott - Erie CO, US
Jacqueline E. Wiles - Superior CO, US
Tonya L. Olson - Lafayette CO, US
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
US Classification:
709203, 709217, 709226, 709232, 705412
Abstract:
A system and method for application resource utilization metering and cost allocation in a utility computing environment. In one embodiment, the system may include a computational resource, a plurality of applications configured to utilize the computational resource, a metering utility configured to measure utilization of the computational resource by a given one of the plurality of applications, and a cost model configured to allocate a first portion of a cost of the computational resource to the given application dependent upon the measured utilization of the computational resource by the given application.