DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF A CLOUD COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20150304230A1
• Filed: 11/23/2012
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: SUPARNA, Adarsh
• Application Number:
  US14/429,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304230A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3433 for load management allocation of a server based on load conditions G06F9/505; load rebalancing G06F9/5083; redistributing the load in a network by a load balancer H04L67/1029
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/462 LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/20 the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation

Abstract

Provided is a method of dynamically managing a cloud computing infrastructure. A cloud computing infrastructure is configured on a cloud service provider based on a parameter. The parameter is monitored for a variation. If the variation in the parameter is more than a predefined level associated with the parameter, an action is performed related to operation of the cloud computing infrastructure

Claims

1. A method of dynamically managing a cloud computing infrastructure, comprising:

configuring the cloud computing infrastructure on a cloud service provider based on a parameter;

monitoring the parameter for a variation; and

performing an action related to operation of the cloud computing infrastructure if the variation in the parameter is more than a predefined level associated with the parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises migration of the cloud computing infrastructure to an alternative cloud service provider.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the cloud service provider is a private cloud and the alternative cloud service provider is a public cloud.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the cloud service provider is a public cloud and the alternative cloud service provider is a private cloud.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein configuration information of the cloud computing infrastructure is used for migration of the cloud computing infrastructure to an alternative cloud service provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises increasing capacity for the cloud computing infrastructure on the cloud service provider.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter includes one of the following:

time, cost, performance, or state of a network hosting the cloud computing infrastructure.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter and the predefined level associated with the parameter is stored in a database.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the cloud computing infrastructure is based on an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) model of cloud computing.

10. A system, comprising:

a bridge module, wherein the bridge module monitors a cloud computing infrastructure on a host cloud service provider for a change in a parameter; and

performs an action related to operation of the cloud computing infrastructure if the variation in the parameter is more than a predefined level associated with the parameter.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a database for storing the parameter and the predefined level associated with the parameter.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the action includes recreating the cloud computing infrastructure on an alternate cloud service provider.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the recreation comprises obtaining configuration information used for creating the cloud computing infrastructure on the host cloud service provider.

14. The system of claim 10, the parameter includes one of the following:

time, cost, performance, or state of a network hosting the cloud computing infrastructure.

15. A non-transitory processor readable medium, the non-transitory processor readable medium comprising machine executable instructions, the machine executable instructions when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

to monitor a cloud computing infrastructure on a host cloud service provider for a change in a parameter; and

to perform an action related to operation of the cloud computing infrastructure if the variation in the parameter is more than a predefined level associated with the parameter, wherein the action comprises migration of the cloud computing infrastructure to an alternative cloud service provider