SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE LEVEL BACKUP USING RE-CLOUD NETWORK

• US 20100131324A1
• Filed: 11/26/2008
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: FERRIS, James Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,870,541 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for service level backup using a re-cloud network. A set of operating clouds can support one or more users. In embodiments, the one or more users can accept service based on a service level agreement (SLA), according to which the user is assured a certain level of service or support from the cloud, such as a minimum amount of uptime, a minimum amount of processor cycles or network bandwidth, or other guaranteed parameters of the usage of their virtual machine. In embodiments, the set of operating clouds in which the user'"'"'s service is supported can be configured to communicate a service level augmentation request to a backup cloud to request additional resources to maintain the delivery of one or more SLA-specified support to one or more users. In embodiments, the backup cloud network can in turn be nested with other backup clouds or resources.

Claims

1. A method of managing service level backup capacity in a cloud-based network, comprising:

receiving a service level augmentation request from at least one of a set of operating clouds; and

activating resources in at least one backup cloud based on the service level augmentation request to maintain a predetermined level of service in the at least one of the set of operating clouds.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined level of service comprises a level of service designated in a service level agreement (SLA).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service level augmentation request comprises a request for at least one of processing cycles, memory allocation, and input/output (I/O) throughput.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service level augmentation request is automatically generated based on a change in service level delivered to a user of the least one operating cloud.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service level augmentation request is generated based on a manual selection of a user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising deactivating resources in the at least one backup cloud based on a change in level delivered to a user of the least one operating cloud.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one backup cloud comprises a plurality of backup clouds, each of the plurality of backup clouds activating successive levels of resources to maintain the predetermined level of service in the at least one operating cloud.

8. A system for managing cloud resource, comprising:

an interface to a set of operating clouds;

a cloud management system associated with at least one backup cloud, communicating with the set of operating clouds via the interface, the cloud management system being configured to—

receive a service level augmentation request from at least one of the set of operating clouds, and

activate resources in the at least one backup cloud based on the service level augmentation request to maintain a predetermined level of service in the at least one of the set of operating clouds.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the predetermined level of service comprises a level of service designated in a service level agreement (SLA).

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the service level augmentation request comprises a request for at least one of processing cycles, memory allocation, and input/output (I/O) throughput.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the service level augmentation request is automatically generated based on a change in service level delivered to a user of the least one operating cloud.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the service level augmentation request is generated based on a manual selection of a user.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising deactivating resources in the at least one backup cloud based on a change in level delivered to a user of the least one operating cloud.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one backup cloud comprises a plurality of backup clouds, each of the plurality of backup clouds activating successive levels of resources to maintain the predetermined level of service in the at least one operating cloud.

15. A set of backup service level resources, the set of backup service level resources being generated according to a method comprising:

receiving a service level augmentation request from at least one of a set of operating clouds; and

activating resources in at least one backup cloud based on the service level augmentation request to maintain a predetermined level of service in the at least one of the set of operating clouds.

16. The set of backup service level resources of claim 15, wherein the predetermined level of service comprises a level of service designated in a service level agreement (SLA).

17. The set of backup service level resources of claim 15, wherein the service level augmentation request comprises a request for at least one of processing cycles, memory allocation, and input/output (I/O) throughput.

18. The set of backup service level resources of claim 15, wherein the service level augmentation request is automatically generated based on a change in service level delivered to a user of the least one operating cloud.

19. The set of backup service level resources of claim 15, wherein the service level augmentation request is generated based on a manual selection of a user.

20. The set of backup service level resources of claim 15, further comprising deactivating resources in the at least one backup cloud based on a change in level delivered to a user of the least one operating cloud.