Virtualization Layer in a Virtual Computing Infrastructure

• US 20120117229A1
• Filed: 11/17/2011
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: VAN BILJON, Willem Robert, PINKHAM, Christopher Conway, CLORAN, Russell Andrew, GORVEN, Michael Carl, HARDY, Alexandre, DIVEY, Brynmor K.B., HOOLE, Quinton Robin, KALELE, Girish
• Granted Patent: US 9,032,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2145 Inheriting rights or properties, e.g., propagation of permissions or restrictions within a hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0236 Filtering by address, protocol, port number or service, e.g. IP-address or URL
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/66 Policy and charging system

Abstract

A cloud computing environment having a plurality of computing nodes is described. The plurality of computing nodes may be organized into a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters including a cluster controller. A virtual computing environment is created on each of the plurality of computing nodes. Communication with the virtual computing environment is enabled. An authorization to service a launch plan is received from a user. The launch plan includes at least one instance to launch. Bandwidth information is requested from each of the cluster controllers of the plurality of clusters. A score is computed for each of the plurality of clusters that responded to the requested bandwidth information. The launch plan is assigned to a cluster from the plurality of clusters based on the computed scores.

Claims

1. A cloud computing system, comprising;

a plurality of computing nodes organized into a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters including a cluster controller;

a virtualization layer configured to create a virtual computing environment on each of the plurality of computing nodes;

an infrastructure controller configured to operate on each of the plurality of computing nodes and to communicate with the virtualization layer, the infrastructure controller being further configured to receive an authorization to service a launch plan from a user, the launch plan including at least one instance to launch;

a site controller configured to receive instructions from the infrastructure controller in response to the authorization, the site controller being further configured to;

request bandwidth information from each of the cluster controllers of the plurality of clusters,

compute a score for each of the plurality of clusters that responded to the requested bandwidth information, and

assign the launch plan to a cluster from the plurality of clusters based on the computed scores.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the launch plan is assigned based on the computed score includes selecting the cluster with the highest score.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the site controller is further configured to monitor the current status of each of nodes in each of the plurality of clusters.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the bandwidth information includes information about the number of CPUs and amount of RAM needed.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the score computed for each of the plurality of clusters is computed by a site controller.

6. A method of communicating with a virtualization layer in a cloud computing environment having a plurality of computing nodes, comprising;

organizing the plurality of computing nodes into a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters including a cluster controller;

creating a virtual computing environment on each of the plurality of computing nodes;

enabling communication with the virtual computing environment;

receiving an authorization to service a launch plan from a user, the launch plan including at least one instance to launch;

requesting bandwidth information from each of the cluster controllers of the plurality of clusters;

computing a score for each of the plurality of clusters that responded to the requested bandwidth information, and

assigning the launch plan to a cluster from the plurality of clusters based on the computed scores.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein assigning the launch plan based on the computed score includes selecting the cluster with the highest score.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising monitoring the current status of each of nodes in each of the plurality of clusters.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the bandwidth information includes information the number of CPUs and amount of RAM needed.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the score computed for each of the plurality of clusters is computed by a site controller.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the virtual computing environment is the virtualization layer.