DYNAMIC TRANSPARENT PROVISIONING FOR APPLICATION SPECIFIC CLOUD SERVICES

• US 20170090992A1
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bivens, John A., Franceschini, Michele M., Jagmohan, Ashish, Salapura, Valentina
• Granted Patent: US 10,387,209 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• 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

Abstract

A system and method dynamically provisions resources in a virtual environment. A current resource requirement is determined based on a current workload demand using one or more computer systems providing resources and access to the resources. The method and system includes comparing the current resource requirement with a current resource allocation using an engine communicating with resources. The engine is configured to allocate the resources, and the engine determines the resource requirement responsive to communications with a plurality of library instances. The library exposes a single-node interface for use by a user-application. The current resource allocation is modified based on the comparison of the current resource requirement with the current resource allocation, and in response to the current resource requirement, using the engine.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for dynamically provisioning resources in a virtual environment, comprising:

determining a current resource requirement based on a current workload demand using one or more computer systems providing resources and access to the resources;

comparing the current resource requirement with a current resource allocation using an engine communicating with resources, the engine being configured to allocate the resources, and the engine determines the resource requirement responsive to communications with a plurality of library instances, the library exposing a single-node interface for use by a user-application; and

modifying the current resource allocation based on the comparison of the current resource requirement with the current resource allocation, and in response to the current resource requirement, using the engine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the current resource requirement includes an amount of resources allocated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the current resource requirement includes an amount of virtual machines (VMs).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the current workload demand includes a number of users requiring resources.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the engine provides specified hardware to modify the current resource allocation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the specified hardware includes hardware accelerators.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual environment is a cloud based environment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the library and the engine are in a dynamic transport provisioning layer of a cloud based environment.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the resources include video streaming.

10. A computer program product for delegating authority on an online account, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:

determining a current resource requirement based on a current workload demand using one or more computer systems providing resources and access to the resources;

comparing the current resource requirement with a current resource allocation using an engine communicating with resources, the engine being configured to allocate the resources, and the engine determines the resource requirement responsive to communications with a plurality of library instances, the library exposing a single-node interface for use by a user-application; and

modifying the current resource allocation based on the comparison of the current resource requirement with the current resource allocation, and in response to the current resource requirement, using the engine.

11. The product of claim 10, wherein the current resource requirement includes an amount of resources allocated.

12. The product of claim 10, wherein the current resource requirement includes an amount of virtual machines (VMs).

13. The product of claim 10, wherein the current workload demand includes a number of users requiring resources.

14. The product of claim 10, wherein the engine provides specified hardware to modify the current resource allocation.

15. The product of claim 14, wherein the specified hardware includes hardware accelerators.

16. The product of claim 10, wherein the virtual environment is a cloud based environment.

17. The product of claim 10, wherein the library and the engine are in a dynamic transport provisioning layer of a cloud based environment.

18. A computer system for delegating authority on an online account, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions, comprising;

determining a current resource requirement based on a current workload demand using one or more computer systems providing resources and access to the resources;

comparing the current resource requirement with a current resource allocation using an engine communicating with resources, the engine being configured to allocate the resources, and the engine determines the resource requirement responsive to communications with a plurality of library instances, the library exposing a single-node interface for use by a user-application; and

modifying the current resource allocation based on the comparison of the current resource requirement with the current resource allocation, and in response to the current resource requirement, using the engine.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the current resource requirement includes an amount of resources allocated.

20. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the current resource requirement includes an amount of virtual machines (VMs).