METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMPONENT BLOCK ARCHITECTURE

• US 20140282581A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Inventors: Vonteddu, Mallik
• Application Number:
  US13/835,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282581A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/501 Performance criteria
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide a component block architecture for allocation of resources in a data center environment. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may identify a set of block attributes for a particular block of one or more applications, and compare the attributes to the available resources of a container. The component block may be allocated to the container based on whether the resources of the container are sufficient to meet the requirements of the component block.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, using a processor, a set of component block attributes for a first component block, the first component block comprising at least one software element, and the set of component block attributes defining a set of performance requirements for the at least one software element;

determining a set of available resources for a container, the container defining an execution environment for at least one component block, and the set of available resources defining resources available to the at least one component block during execution of the at least one component block;

determining whether the set of available resources meet or exceed the performance requirements specified in the set of component block attributes; and

in response to determining that the set of available resources meet or exceed the performance requirements, allocating the first component block to the container for execution by the container.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first component block is associated with a particular software service, and the method further comprises:

determining that the service associated with the first component block is operating above a threshold capacity; and

in response to determining that the service associated with the first component block is operating above the threshold capacity, allocating a second component block for the service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance requirements comprise at least one of a system resource utilization and a presence of a particular system element.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the system resource utilization comprise at least one of a system memory status, a system processor speed, or a number of simultaneous connections.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the particular system element comprises at least one of a load balancer or a redundant array of independent disks storage system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance requirements comprise an indication that the execution environment must comply with provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first component block further comprises a set of component block instructions for executing the first component block in the container.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of component block attributes are determined via an automated testing procedure.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of component block attributes are determined when the first component block is defined.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of component block attributes are defined according to a particular service level agreement (SLA) entered between a customer and a data center provider.

11. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

determine a set of component block attributes for a first component block, the first component block comprising at least one software element, and the set of component block attributes defining a set of performance requirements for the at least one software element;

determine a set of available resources for a container, the container defining an execution environment for at least one component block, and the set of available resources defining resources available to the at least one component block during execution of the at least one component block;

determine whether the set of available resources meet or exceed the performance requirements specified in the set of component block attributes; and

in response to determining that the set of available resources meet or exceed the performance requirements, allocate the first component block to the container for execution by the container.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first component block is associated with a particular software service, and the apparatus is further configured to:

determine that the service associated with the first component block is operating above a threshold capacity; and

in response to determining that the service associated with the first component block is operating above the threshold capacity, allocate a second component block for the service.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performance requirements comprise at least one of a system resource utilization and a presence of a particular system element.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the system resource utilization comprise at least one of a system memory status, a system processor speed, or a number of simultaneous connections.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performance requirements comprise an indication that the execution environment must comply with provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

16. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program instructions embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program instructions comprising program instructions configured to:

determine a set of component block attributes for a first component block, the first component block comprising at least one software element, and the set of component block attributes defining a set of performance requirements for the at least one software element;

determine a set of available resources for a container, the container defining an execution environment for at least one component block, and the set of available resources defining resources available to the at least one component block during execution of the at least one component block;

determine whether the set of available resources meet or exceed the performance requirements specified in the set of component block attributes; and

in response to determining that the set of available resources meet or exceed the performance requirements, allocate the first component block to the container for execution by the container.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the performance requirements comprise at least one of a system resource utilization and a presence of a particular system element.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the system resource utilization comprise at least one of a system memory status, a system processor speed, or a number of simultaneous connections.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the performance requirements comprise an indication that the execution environment must comply with provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

17. The computer program product 16, wherein the first component block is associated with a particular software service, and the computer program product further comprises program instructions configured to:

determine that the service associated with the first component block is operating above a threshold capacity; and

in response to determining that the service associated with the first component block is operating above the threshold capacity, allocate a second component block for the service.