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Hot swapping and hot scaling containers

  • US 10,411,947 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2016
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing, with a cloud exchange, an interface for receiving one or more customer-selected hot swap configuration criteria, wherein the one or more customer-selected hot swap configuration criteria comprises a customer-selected first cloud service provider and a customer-selected second cloud service provider;

    associating, in response to receiving the one or more customer-selected hot swap configuration criteria and with the cloud exchange, an address of a first container of a first private network with an address of a second container of a second private network, wherein the first container is hosted by the customer-selected first cloud service provider, and wherein the cloud exchange creates the second container with the customer-selected second cloud service provider;

    storing, with the cloud exchange, data indicating the association of the address of the first container of the first private network with the address of the second container of the second private network, wherein the first private network and the second private network are coupled to the cloud exchange to send and receive data packets via the cloud exchange; and

    copying, in response to the one or more customer-selected hot swap configuration criteria, with the cloud exchange, and based on the association, state of the first container to the second container.

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