DISTRIBUTED CLOUD PLACEMENT SOFTWARE

• US 20120324070A1
• Filed: 06/14/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Campion, Nicholas F., Carlin, Jeremiah D., Rodriguez, Renier Morales
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5066 Algorithms for mapping a plurality of inter-dependent sub-tasks onto a plurality of physical CPUs mappping at compile time, see G06F8/451
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Techniques are described for distributed placement of a request on one of a plurality of deployment nodes. Embodiments receive a request specifying resource requirements for instantiating the request, and transmit at least an indication of the resource requirements to the plurality of deployment nodes. An indication of suitability is then received from at least two of the plurality of deployment nodes, the indication of suitability describing a suitability of the respective deployment node for instantiating the request. Embodiments select one of the at least two deployment nodes based on the indications of suitability, and transmit the request to the selected deployment node for instantiation.

Claims

1. A method for instantiating a request on a deployment node of a plurality of deployment nodes, wherein the request specifies one or more resource requirements, comprising:

transmitting at least an indication of the resource requirements specified in the request to a plurality of deployment nodes;

receiving, from each of at least two of the plurality of deployment nodes, an indication of suitability of the respective deployment node for instantiating the request;

selecting, by operation of one or more computer processors, a first one of the at least two deployment nodes for instantiating the request, based at least in part on the received indications of suitability; and

transmitting the request to the first selected deployment node for instantiation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the selected deployment node is unavailable for instantiating the request;

selecting a second one of the at least two deployment nodes for instantiating the request, wherein the second selected deployment node is separate from the first selected deployment node; and

transmitting the request to the second selected deployment node for instantiation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of:

an indication of whether resources specified in the one or more resource requirements are available on the respective deployment node;

a workload of the respective deployment node; and

an indication of availability of resources related to the request at the respective deployment node.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of an overprovisioning optimization objective and an energy management objective.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request further specifies a location of a request entity from which the request was received, and wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of:

a network proximity between the respective deployment node and the location specified in the request; and

a physical proximity between the respective deployment node and the location specified in the request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the received request further specifies a Time-to-Live (“

TTL”

) value, whereby the request is discarded upon expiration of the TTL value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more resource requirements include at least one of a processor requirement, a memory requirement, a networking requirement, and a storage requirement.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more resource requirements are specified using Open Virtualization Format (“

OVF”

).

9. A computer program product for instantiating a request on a deployment node of a plurality of deployment nodes, wherein the request specifies one or more resource requirements, comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code to transmit at least an indication of the resource requirements specified in the request to a plurality of deployment nodes;

computer readable program code to receive, from each of at least two of the plurality of deployment nodes, an indication of suitability of the respective deployment node for instantiating the request;

computer readable program code to select a first one of the at least two deployment nodes for instantiating the request, based at least in part on the received indications of suitability; and

computer readable program code to transmit the request to the first selected deployment node for instantiation.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

computer readable program code to determine that the selected deployment node is unavailable for instantiating the request;

computer readable program code to select a second one of the at least two deployment nodes for instantiating the request, wherein the second selected deployment node is separate from the first selected deployment node; and

computer readable program code to transmit the request to the second selected deployment node for instantiation.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of:

an indication of whether resources specified in the one or more resource requirements are available on the respective deployment node;

a workload of the respective deployment node; and

an indication of availability of resources related to the request at the respective deployment node.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of an overprovisioning optimization objective and an energy management objective.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the request further specifies a location of a request entity from which the request was received, and wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of:

a network proximity between the respective deployment node and the location specified in the request; and

a physical proximity between the respective deployment node and the location specified in the request.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the received request further specifies a Time-to-Live (“

TTL”

) value, whereby the request is discarded upon expiration of the TTL value.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more resource requirements include at least one of a processor requirement, a memory requirement, a networking requirement, and a storage requirement.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more resource requirements are specified using Open Virtualization Format (“

OVF”

).

17. A system, comprising:

a computer processor; and

a memory containing a program that, when executed on the computer processor, performs an operation for instantiating a request on a deployment node of a plurality of deployment nodes, wherein the request specifies one or more resource requirements, comprising;

transmitting at least an indication of the resource requirements specified in the request to a plurality of deployment nodes;

receiving, from each of at least two of the plurality of deployment nodes, an indication of suitability of the respective deployment node for instantiating the request;

selecting a first one of the at least two deployment nodes for instantiating the request, based at least in part on the received indications of suitability; and

transmitting the request to the first selected deployment node for instantiation.

18. The system of claim 17, the operation further comprising:

determining that the selected deployment node is unavailable for instantiating the request;

selecting a second one of the at least two deployment nodes for instantiating the request, wherein the second selected deployment node is separate from the first selected deployment node; and

transmitting the request to the second selected deployment node for instantiation.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of:

an indication of whether resources specified in the one or more resource requirements are available on the respective deployment node;

a workload of the respective deployment node; and

an indication of availability of resources related to the request at the respective deployment node.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of an overprovisioning optimization objective and an energy management objective.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the request further specifies a location of a request entity from which the request was received, and wherein the indication of suitability is based on at least one of:

a network proximity between the respective deployment node and the location specified in the request; and

a physical proximity between the respective deployment node and the location specified in the request.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the received request further specifies a Time-to-Live (“

TTL”

) value, whereby the request is discarded upon expiration of the TTL value.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more resource requirements include at least one of a processor requirement, a memory requirement, a networking requirement, and a storage requirement.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the one or more resource requirements are specified using Open Virtualization Format (“

OVF”

).

25. A method for instantiating a request at a deployment node, comprising:

receiving at least an indication of one or more resource requirements for instantiating a request;

calculating, by operation of one or more computer processors, a suitability indicator describing the suitability of the deployment node for instantiating the request;

transmitting the calculated suitability indicator to a management node;

receiving the request to be instantiated from the management node; and

instantiating the request at the deployment node.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

metering use of the deployment node associated with the request; and

generating an invoice based on the metered use.

27. A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer readable code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is adapted to perform the method of claim 25.