CLOUD BROKERING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN HETEROGENEOUS CLOUD ENVIRONMENT

• US 20130227349A1
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: NODIR, Kodirov, LEE, Jae Gi, CHOI, Taesang
• Application Number:
  US13/774,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227349A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0778 Dumping, i.e. gathering error/state information after a fault for later diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3068 where the reporting involves data format conversion

Abstract

In a multi-cloud environment including a plurality of cloud systems, an apparatus, that is, a cloud brokering apparatus, obtains data streamed from the cloud systems and converts the obtained data into a predetermined format. The cloud brokering apparatus performs analysis which includes determining whether a fault occurs and whether an agreed service level for the normalized data is satisfied, and provides the analyzed data to a management system of a high level.

Claims

1. A method for performing brokering in a multi-cloud environment including a plurality of cloud systems, the method comprising:

obtaining data streamed from the cloud systems;

performing normalizing for converting the obtained data into a predetermined format;

performing analysis which includes determining whether a fault occurs and a service level satisfies an agreed service level for the normalized data; and

providing the analyzed data to a management system of a high level.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of data includes obtaining log data generated by a cloud system or results returned from a cloud system after executing a specific command.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing of analysis includes:

determining whether a fault occurs based on the management data;

determining whether the management data is in violation of a service level agreement (SLA) of the agreed service level; and

obtaining management data which includes no fault and satisfies the SLA.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the providing of the analyzed data includes providing the management data which includes no fault and satisfies the SLA among the analyzed management data to the management.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving a command from the management system and executing it.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving of a command includes:

mapping the command to a corresponding cloud system;

converting the command into a format corresponding to the cloud system; and

executing the converted command.

7. An apparatus for performing brokering in a multi-cloud environment including a plurality of cloud systems, the apparatus comprising:

a data obtaining unit for obtaining data streamed from the cloud systems and performing normalizing which converts the obtained data into a predetermined format;

a fault detection unit for determining whether a fault occurs in the normalized data; and

a service level confirmation unit for determining whether the normalized data satisfies a service level agreement (SLA).

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising

a management agent for providing the analyzed data to a management system of a high level and receiving a command from the management system.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a command obtaining unit for receiving the command from the management agent and mapping the command to a correspond cloud system; and

a command execution unit for converting the command into a format corresponding to the cloud system and executing it.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the management agent provides data of which there is no fault and satisfies the SLA among the normalized data to the management system, or stores the data in a database.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the data obtaining unit obtains log data generated by a cloud system or results returned from a cloud system after executing a specific command and normalizes them.