METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SUB-ALLOCATING COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES

• US 20140156518A1
• Filed: 12/04/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Austin, Paul R., Lorenzo, Arturo M., Jung, Gueyoung, Kibler, Wendell L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,507,642 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1432 Metric aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for method and systems for sub-allocating computational resources. A first computing device receives information associated with a first set of computational resources from a cloud infrastructure. The first set of computational resources has been allocated to the first computing device by the cloud infrastructure. A first set of parameters associated with a workflow received by the first computing device is determined. The first set of parameters is indicative of a need of the first set of computational resources by the first computing device. One or more computational resources from the first set of computational resources are sub-allocated based on the determined first set of parameters.

Claims

1. A method implementable on a first computing device for allocating one or more computational resources, the method comprising:

receiving information associated with a first set of computational resources from a cloud infrastructure, wherein the first set of computational resources have been allocated to the first computing device by the cloud infrastructure;

determining a first set of parameters associated with a workflow received by the first computing device, wherein the first set of parameters is indicative of a need of the first set of computational resources by the first computing device; and

allocating the one or more computational resources from the first set of computational resources based on the determined first set of parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of computational resources are received based on a service level agreement (SLA) between the cloud service provider and the first computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of computational resources comprises RAM, processors, and storage space.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of parameters comprises network bandwidth required by the workflow, processor instances required by the workflow, memory space required by the workflow, and storage space required by the workflow.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more computational resources are allocated to one or more second computing devices through an online marketplace.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising billing the one or more second computing devices based on a usage of the one or more computational resources.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising monitoring the first set of parameters, wherein, the one or more computational resources are preempted based on the monitoring.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the first set of computational resources comprises at least one of an IP address associated with the first set of computational resources, RAM address, or Storage Space address.

9. A method implementable on an online marketplace server for allocating one or more computational resources received from one or more first computing devices, wherein the one or more computational resources are unused resources of the one or more first computing devices, the method comprising:

receiving a first request for the one or more computational resources from one or more second computing devices;

allocating the one or more computational resources to the one or more second computing devices;

monitoring usage of the one or more computational resources; and

billing the one or more second computing devices based on the usage.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising publishing an availability of the one or more computational resources on an online marketplace.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising transmitting a usage log of the one or more computational resources to the one or more first computing devices, wherein the usage log is created based on the monitoring.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving a second request from at least one of the one or more first computing devices to preempt the one or more computational resources associated with the at least one first computing device from the one or more second computing devices, wherein the one or more computational resources are preempted based on the second request.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more first computing devices receives information associated with a first set of computational resources from a cloud service provider, wherein the one or more first computing devices sends the information associated with the one or more computational resources from the first set of computational resources to the online marketplace server.

14. A first computing device for allocating one or more computational resources, the first computing device comprises:

a first computational resource manager configured to receive information associated with a first set of computational resources from a cloud service provider, wherein the first set of computational resources have been allocated to the first computing device by the cloud infrastructure;

a load manager configured to determine a first set of parameters associated with a workflow received by the first computing device, wherein the first set of parameters are indicative of a need of the first set of computational resources by the first computing device; and

the first computational resource manager configured to allocate the one or more computational resources from the first set of computational resources to one or more second computing devices based on the determined first set of parameters.

15. The first computing device of claim 14 further comprising a billing module configured to bill the one or more second computing devices based on a usage of the one or more computational resources, wherein the one or more computational resources are allocated to the one or more second computing devices.

16. The first computing device of claim 14, wherein the first computational resource manager preempts the one or more computational resources based on the first set of parameters.

17. An online marketplace server for allocating one or more computational resources received from one or more first computing devices, wherein the one or more computational resources are unused resources of the one or more first computing devices, the online marketplace server comprising:

a communication manager configured to receive a first request from one or more second computing devices for the one or more computational resources;

a second computational resource manager configured to;

allocate the one or more computational resources to the one or more second computing devices; and

monitor usage of the one or more computational resources; and

a billing module configured to bill the one or more second computing devices based on the usage.

18. The online marketplace server of claim 17 further comprising a publication manager configured to publish the availability of the one or more computational resources on an online marketplace.

19. The online marketplace server of claim 17, wherein the online marketplace correspond to a portal, a website, an application programming interface (API) and a blog.

20. The online marketplace server of claim 17, wherein the second computational resource manager preempts the one or more computational resources based on a second request received from at least one of the one or more first computing devices.