SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE CLOUD MARKETPLACE AGGREGATION

• US 20100131624A1
• 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 9,037,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5015 Service provider selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/76 using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation requested by the user or requested by the network in response to changing network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for multiple cloud marketplace aggregation. An aggregation engine communicates with a set of multiple cloud marketplaces, each of which communicates with an associated set of clouds. A requesting entity, such as a user requesting the instantiation of a set of virtual machines, can transmit a resource request to the aggregation engine. The aggregation engine can fan out or distribute a replicated request to the set of multiple cloud marketplaces. Each cloud marketplace can receive the request and respond to indicate available resources that can be produced from their respect set of clouds. The aggregation engine can collect the responses of the various marketplaces, and can generate one or more selections based on selection logic such as best match, cost factors, or other criteria. In embodiments, a user can manually select the desired marketplace(s) to instantiate or update their virtual machine or other target objects.

Claims

1. A method of generating resources in a cloud-based network, comprising:

receiving a request for cloud-based resources from a requesting entity;

receiving the request for cloud-based resources in an aggregation engine;

transmitting a set of replicated requests based on the request for cloud-based resources from the aggregation engine to a set of marketplace systems, each of the set of marketplace systems communicating with at least one respective set of cloud-based networks;

receiving a set of resource offerings from the set of marketplace systems based on the set of replicated requests; and

identifying a set of selected cloud-based resources from the set of resource offerings made by the set of marketplace systems to satisfy the request for cloud-based resources from the requesting entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting entity comprises at least one a virtual machine, an application, and a software appliance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for cloud-based resources comprises at least one of an instantiation request and an update request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for cloud-based resources comprises a request for at least one of processor resources, memory resources, input/output (I/O) resources, application resources, operating system resources, and service levels represented by a service level agreement.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of marketplace systems comprises multiple marketplace systems configured in at least one of a parallel configuration, a serial configuration, a mixed parallel/serial configuration, and a multiple layer configuration.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an updated request for cloud-based resources from the requesting entity.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving a set of updated resource offerings from the set of marketplace systems based on the updated request.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the set of selected cloud-based resources to the requesting entity.

9. A system for generating cloud-based resources, comprising:

a first interface to a requesting entity;

a second interface to a set of marketplace systems, each of the set of marketplace systems communicating with at least one respective set of cloud-based networks; and

an aggregation engine, communicating with the requesting entity via the first interface and the set of marketplace systems via the second interface, the aggregation engine being configured to

receive a request for cloud-based resources from the requesting entity,

transmit a set of replicated requests based on the request for cloud-based resources from the aggregation engine to the set of marketplace systems,

receive a set of resource offerings from the set of marketplace systems based on the set of replicated requests, and

identify a set of selected cloud-based resources from the set of resource offerings made by the set of marketplace systems to satisfy the request for cloud-based resources from the requesting entity.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the requesting entity comprises at least one a virtual machine, an application, and a software appliance.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the request for cloud-based resources comprises at least one of an instantiation request and an update request.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the request for cloud-based resources comprises a request for at least one of processor resources, memory resources, input/output (I/O) resources, application resources, operating system resources, and service levels represented by a service level agreement.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the set of marketplace systems comprises multiple marketplace systems configured in at least one of a parallel configuration, a serial configuration, a mixed parallel/serial configuration, and a multiple layer configuration.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the aggregation engine is further configured to receive an updated request for cloud-based resources from the requesting entity.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the aggregation engine is further configured to receive a set of updated resource offerings from the set of marketplace systems based on the updated request.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the aggregation engine is further configured to provide the set of selected cloud-based resources to the requesting entity.

17. An instantiated object, the instantiated object being instantiated or updated according to a method comprising:

receiving a request for cloud-based resources from a requesting entity;

receiving the request for cloud-based resources in an aggregation engine;

transmitting a set of replicated requests based on the request for cloud-based resources from the aggregation engine to a set of marketplace systems, each of the set of marketplace systems communicating with at least one respective set of cloud-based networks;

receiving a set of resource offerings from the set of marketplace systems based on the set of replicated requests; and

identifying a set of selected cloud-based resources from the set of resource offerings made by the set of marketplace systems to satisfy the request for cloud-based resources from the requesting entity.

18. The instantiated object of claim 17, wherein the requesting entity comprises at least one a virtual machine, an application, and a software appliance.

19. The instantiated object of claim 17, wherein the request for cloud-based resources comprises at least one of an instantiation request and an update request.

20. The instantiated object of claim 17, wherein the request for cloud-based resources comprises a request for at least one of processor resources, memory resources, input/output (I/O) resources, application resources, operating system resources, and service levels represented by a service level agreement.