METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AND MANAGE WORKLOAD DOMAINS IN VIRTUAL SERVER RACKS

Methods , apparatus , systems and articles of manufacture are
disclosed . An example apparatus includes a requirement
translator to map a requirement to a hardware resource to
execute an application in a workload domain , a cost calcu
lator to calculate a cost for the hardware resource based on
a demand for the hardware resource , an option generator to
determine whether the cost exceeds a cost budget , and a
resource allocator to add the hardware resource to the
workload domain when the cost does not exceed the cost
budget .