A Virtual Server Farm (VSF) is created out of a wide scale computing fabric ("Computing Grid") which is physically constructed once and then logically divided up into VSFs for various organizations on demand. Allocation and control of the elements in the VSF is performed by a control plane connected...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6597956?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6597956 - Method and apparatus for controlling an extensible computing system
Method and apparatus for controlling an extensible computing system