Network cache deduplication analytics based compute cluster load balancer

• US 10,447,800 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Kelly, John, Jiang, Yinglong
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kassa, Elizabeth
• Application Number:
  US14/972,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,398 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a virtualized network environment cache control operation, comprising: analyzing network traffic of a plurality of virtual machines executing on a plurality of hosts within the virtualized network environment, each of the plurality of hosts comprising a network cache; identifying whether more than one virtual machine includes a similar network traffic pattern; and, configuring a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine to executing on a common host, the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine having the similar network pattern.

Claims

1. A computer-implementable method for performing a virtualized network environment cache control operation, comprising:

analyzing network traffic of a plurality of virtual machines executing on a plurality of hosts within the virtualized network environment, each of the plurality of hosts comprising a network cache, the analyzing network traffic comprising monitoring content of the network cache of each of the plurality of hosts, the content of the network cache comprising respective network packets;

identifying whether more than one virtual machine includes a similar network traffic pattern, the similar network traffic pattern comprising identical respective network packets;

configuring a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine to execute on a common host, the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine having the similar network pattern; and

,

determining whether the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine results in increased cache usage of the cache of the common host prior to performing the configuring.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first virtual machine was executing on the common host prior to the identifying; and

,

the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine comprises migrating the second virtual machines to execute on the common host.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of hosts comprise a cluster of information handling systems.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a third virtual machine on a third host, the third host having a dissimilar network traffic pattern when compared to the traffic patterns of the first and second virtual machines.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine comprises re-allocating virtual machines within a cluster, the re-allocating being based upon at least one rule for virtual machine re-allocation.

6. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for;

analyzing network traffic of a plurality of virtual machines executing on a plurality of hosts within the virtualized network environment, each of the plurality of hosts comprising a network cache, the analyzing network traffic comprising monitoring content of the network cache of each of the plurality of hosts, the content of the network cache comprising respective network packets;

identifying whether more than one virtual machine includes a similar network traffic pattern, the similar network traffic pattern comprising identical respective network packets;

configuring a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine to execute on a common host, the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine having the similar network pattern; and

,

determining whether the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine results in increased cache usage of the cache of the common host prior to performing the configuring.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the first virtual machine was executing on the common host prior to the identifying; and

,

the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine comprises migrating the second virtual machines to execute on the common host.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the plurality of hosts comprise a cluster of information handling systems.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the instructions are further configured for:

executing a third virtual machine on a third host, the third host having a dissimilar network traffic pattern when compared to the traffic patterns of the first and second virtual machines.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine comprises re-allocating virtual machines within a cluster, the re-allocating being based upon at least one rule for virtual machine re-allocation.

11. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

analyzing network traffic of a plurality of virtual machines executing on a plurality of hosts within the virtualized network environment, each of the plurality of hosts comprising a network cache, the analyzing network traffic comprising monitoring content of the network cache of each of the plurality of hosts, the content of the network cache comprising respective network packets;

identifying whether more than one virtual machine includes a similar network traffic pattern, the similar network traffic pattern comprising identical respective network packets;

configuring a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine to execute on a common host, the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine having the similar network pattern; and

,

determining whether the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine results in increased cache usage of the cache of the common host prior to performing the configuring.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein:

the first virtual machine was executing on the common host prior to the identifying; and

,

the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine comprises migrating the second virtual machines to execute on the common host.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein:

the plurality of hosts comprise a cluster of information handling systems.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the computer executable instructions are further configured for:

executing a third virtual machine on a third host, the third host having a dissimilar network traffic pattern when compared to the traffic patterns of the first and second virtual machines.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein:

the configuring the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine comprises re-allocating virtual machines within a cluster, the re-allocating being based upon at least one rule for virtual machine re-allocation.