COMPUTING MIGRATION SPHERE OF WORKLOADS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method executing in a virtual appliance in a network, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving network information from a plurality of remote networks;
analyzing a service profile associated with a workload to be deployed in one of the remote networks and indicating compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload; and
generating a migration sphere comprising compute resources in the plurality of networks that meet at least the compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload, the workload being successfully deployable on any one of the compute resources in the migration sphere.
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Abstract
An example method for computing migration sphere of workloads in a network environment is provided and includes receiving, at a virtual appliance in a network, network information from a plurality of remote networks, analyzing a service profile associated with a workload to be deployed in one of the remote networks and indicating compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload, and generating a migration sphere comprising compute resources in the plurality of networks that meet at least the compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload, the workload being successfully deployable on any one of the compute resources in the migration sphere.
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1. A method executing in a virtual appliance in a network, wherein the method comprises:
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receiving network information from a plurality of remote networks; analyzing a service profile associated with a workload to be deployed in one of the remote networks and indicating compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload; and generating a migration sphere comprising compute resources in the plurality of networks that meet at least the compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload, the workload being successfully deployable on any one of the compute resources in the migration sphere. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Non-transitory tangible media that includes instructions for execution, which when executed by a processor associated with a virtual appliance in a network, is operable to perform operations comprising:
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receiving network information from a plurality of remote networks; analyzing a service profile associated with a workload to be deployed in one of the remote networks and indicating compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload; and generating a migration sphere comprising compute resources in the plurality of networks that meet at least the compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload, the workload being successfully deployable on any one of the compute resources in the migration sphere. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus in a first network, comprising:
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a virtual appliance; a memory element for storing data; and a processor, wherein the processor executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and the memory element cooperate, such that the apparatus is configured for; receiving network information from a plurality of remote networks; analyzing a service profile associated with a workload to be deployed in one of the remote networks and indicating compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload; and generating a migration sphere comprising compute resources in the plurality of networks that meet at least the compute requirements and storage requirements associated with the workload, the workload being successfully deployable on any one of the compute resources in the migration sphere. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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