Identifying The Workload Of A Hybrid Cloud Based On Workload Provisioning Delay

• US 20150163285A1
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chakra, Al, Crawford, Glenn P., Ghosh, Rahul, McMahan, Rocky D.
• Application Number:
  US14/103,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/501 Performance criteria
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1004 Server selection for load balancing

Abstract

An approach is provided for an information handling system to select a cloud environment for a workload. In the approach a number of provisioning delays are identified with each of the provisioning delays corresponding to the workload being provisioned at a different cloud-based environment. One of the cloud-based environments is selected, with the selected cloud-based environment being based on the provisioning delay that was identified to provision the workload at the selected cloud-based environment. The workload is then deployed at the selected cloud-based environment.

Claims

1. A method, in an information handling system comprising a processor and a memory, of selecting a cloud environment for a workload, the method comprising:

identifying a plurality of provisioning delays corresponding to the workload, wherein each of the provisioning delays corresponds to provisioning the workload at one of the plurality of cloud-based environments;

selecting one of the plurality of cloud-based environments, wherein the selecting is based on the provisioning delay identified to provision the workload at the selected cloud-based environment; and

deploying the workload at the selected cloud-based environment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the identification of the provisioning delays further comprises:

analyzing one or more factors of each of the cloud-based environments, wherein one or more of the factors are selected from the group consisting of a cloud health factor, a placement logic factor, a geographic cloud data center factor, a current cloud metrics factor, a workload-based resource metric factor, and a historical provisioning delay factor.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

applying a different weighting value corresponding to one or more of the factors, wherein each of the weighting values is multiplied by a factor value corresponding to the respective factor.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

identifying a preferred type of cloud-based environment corresponding to the workload, wherein the preferred type of cloud-based environment is selected from the group consisting of a public cloud-based environment and a private cloud-based environment, and wherein the selecting one of the plurality of cloud-based environments is also based on the identified preferred type of cloud based environment.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

comparing each of the plurality of provisioning delays to a threshold; and

in response to the preferred type of cloud-based environment being the public cloud-based environment;

selecting one of the public cloud-based environments in response to the selected cloud-based environment being a public cloud-based environment and satisfying the threshold; and

selecting one of the private cloud-based environments in response to none of the public cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold and the selected one of the private cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold; and

in response to the preferred type of cloud-based environment being the private cloud-based environment;

selecting one of the private cloud-based environments in response to the selected cloud-based environment being a private cloud-based environment and satisfying the threshold; and

selecting one of the public cloud-based environments in response to none of the private cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold and the selected one of the public cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

in response to none of the cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold;

provisioning the workload on a traditional non-cloud based computer system.

7. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

retrieving data pertaining to the workload, wherein the retrieved data includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA) data and a workload configuration, wherein the identified preferred type of cloud-based environment corresponding to the workload is based on the retrieved data.

8. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory coupled to at least one of the processors; and

a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to selecting a cloud environment for a workload, wherein the set of instructions perform actions of;

identifying a plurality of provisioning delays corresponding to the workload, wherein each of the provisioning delays corresponds to provisioning the workload at one of the plurality of cloud-based environments;

selecting one of the plurality of cloud-based environments, wherein the selecting is based on the provisioning delay identified to provision the workload at the selected cloud-based environment; and

deploying the workload at the selected cloud-based environment.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the identification of the provisioning delays further comprises:

analyzing one or more factors of each of the cloud-based environments, wherein one or more of the factors are selected from the group consisting of a cloud health factor, a placement logic factor, a geographic cloud data center factor, a current cloud metrics factor, a workload-based resource metric factor, and a historical provisioning delay factor.

10. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the actions further comprise:

applying a different weighting value corresponding to one or more of the factors, wherein each of the weighting values is multiplied by a factor value corresponding to the respective factor.

11. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying a preferred type of cloud-based environment corresponding to the workload, wherein the preferred type of cloud-based environment is selected from the group consisting of a public cloud-based environment and a private cloud-based environment, and wherein the selecting one of the plurality of cloud-based environments is also based on the identified preferred type of cloud based environment.

12. The information handling system of claim 11 wherein the actions further comprise:

comparing each of the plurality of provisioning delays to a threshold; and

in response to the preferred type of cloud-based environment being the public cloud-based environment;

selecting one of the public cloud-based environments in response to the selected cloud-based environment being a public cloud-based environment and satisfying the threshold; and

selecting one of the private cloud-based environments in response to none of the public cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold and the selected one of the private cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold; and

in response to the preferred type of cloud-based environment being the private cloud-based environment;

selecting one of the private cloud-based environments in response to the selected cloud-based environment being a private cloud-based environment and satisfying the threshold; and

selecting one of the public cloud-based environments in response to none of the private cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold and the selected one of the public cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold.

13. The information handling system of claim 12 wherein the actions further comprise:

in response to none of the cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold;

provisioning the workload on a traditional non-cloud based computer system.

14. The information handling system of claim 11 wherein the actions further comprise:

retrieving data pertaining to the workload, wherein the retrieved data includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA) data and a workload configuration, wherein the identified preferred type of cloud-based environment corresponding to the workload is based on the retrieved data.

15. A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising computer instructions that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to select a cloud environment for a workload by performing actions comprising:

identifying a plurality of provisioning delays corresponding to the workload, wherein each of the provisioning delays corresponds to provisioning the workload at one of the plurality of cloud-based environments;

selecting one of the plurality of cloud-based environments, wherein the selecting is based on the provisioning delay identified to provision the workload at the selected cloud-based environment; and

deploying the workload at the selected cloud-based environment.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the identification of the provisioning delays further comprises:

analyzing one or more factors of each of the cloud-based environments, wherein one or more of the factors are selected from the group consisting of a cloud health factor, a placement logic factor, a geographic cloud data center factor, a current cloud metrics factor, a workload-based resource metric factor, and a historical provisioning delay factor.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the actions further comprise:

applying a different weighting value corresponding to one or more of the factors, wherein each of the weighting values is multiplied by a factor value corresponding to the respective factor.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying a preferred type of cloud-based environment corresponding to the workload, wherein the preferred type of cloud-based environment is selected from the group consisting of a public cloud-based environment and a private cloud-based environment, and wherein the selecting one of the plurality of cloud-based environments is also based on the identified preferred type of cloud based environment.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein the actions further comprise:

comparing each of the plurality of provisioning delays to a threshold; and

in response to the preferred type of cloud-based environment being the public cloud-based environment;

selecting one of the public cloud-based environments in response to the selected cloud-based environment being a public cloud-based environment and satisfying the threshold; and

selecting one of the private cloud-based environments in response to none of the public cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold and the selected one of the private cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold;

in response to the preferred type of cloud-based environment being the private cloud-based environment;

selecting one of the private cloud-based environments in response to the selected cloud-based environment being a private cloud-based environment and satisfying the threshold; and

selecting one of the public cloud-based environments in response to none of the private cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold and the selected one of the public cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold; and

in response to none of the cloud-based environments satisfying the threshold;

provisioning the workload on a traditional non-cloud based computer system.

20. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein the actions further comprise:

retrieving data pertaining to the workload, wherein the retrieved data includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA) data and a workload configuration, wherein the identified preferred type of cloud-based environment corresponding to the workload is based on the retrieve data.