Method and apparatus for elastic provisioning
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1. A method, comprising:
- in a cloud storage system having a compute layer, a network layer, a storage layer and a management layer, and a service having at least one server, boot storage for each of the at least one servers, shared storage for the at least one server, and a network profile to define networks over which traffic can flow,adding a compute, network, and storage layer resource to the service, wherein the compute, network, and storage layer resources comprise a server;
provisioning the added compute, network, and storage layer resources;
activating the provisioned compute, network, and storage layer resources into the already provisioned service with minimal interruption of the service to elastically add a resource to the service;
provisioning boot and shared storage for the added server;
reserving a blade in a blade pool associated with the added server;
installing an operating system on the reserved blade;
creating a service profile for the server;
creating zones for the added server; and
activating the added server.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a cloud storage system to add a first one of a compute, network, and/or storage layer resource to the service, provision the added first one of the compute, network, and/or storage layer resources, and activate the provisioned first one of the compute, network, and/or storage layer resources into the already provisioned service with minimal interruption of the service to elastically add a resource to the service.
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1. A method, comprising:
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in a cloud storage system having a compute layer, a network layer, a storage layer and a management layer, and a service having at least one server, boot storage for each of the at least one servers, shared storage for the at least one server, and a network profile to define networks over which traffic can flow, adding a compute, network, and storage layer resource to the service, wherein the compute, network, and storage layer resources comprise a server; provisioning the added compute, network, and storage layer resources; activating the provisioned compute, network, and storage layer resources into the already provisioned service with minimal interruption of the service to elastically add a resource to the service; provisioning boot and shared storage for the added server; reserving a blade in a blade pool associated with the added server; installing an operating system on the reserved blade; creating a service profile for the server; creating zones for the added server; and activating the added server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article, comprising:
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a computer readable medium having non-transitory stored instructions that enable a machine to perform; in a cloud storage system having a compute layer, a network layer, a storage layer and a management layer, wherein one of the compute, network, and/or storage layer resources comprises a server, and a service having at least one server, boot storage for each of the at least one servers, shared storage for the at least one server, and a network profile to define networks over which traffic can flow, adding a compute, network, and storage layer resource to the service; provisioning the added compute, network, and storage layer resources; activating the provisioned compute, network, and storage layer resources into the already provisioned service with minimal interruption of the service to elastically add a resource to the service; provisioning boot and shared storage for the added server; reserving a blade in a blade pool associated with the added server; installing an operating system on the reserved blade; creating a service profile for the server; creating zones for the added server; and activating the added server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a cloud storage system having a compute layer, a network layer, a storage layer and a management layer, wherein one of the compute, network, and/or storage layer resources comprises a server, and a service having at least one server, boot storage for each of the at least one servers, shared storage for the at least one server, and a network profile to define networks over which traffic can flow, the management layer comprising a processor and stored instructions to enable the system to; add a compute, network, and storage layer resource to the service; provision the added compute, network, and storage layer resources; activate the provisioned compute, network, and storage layer resources into the already provisioned service with no interruption of the service to elastically add a resource to the service; provision boot and shared storage for the added server; reserve a blade in a blade pool associated with the added server; install an operating system on the reserved blade; create a service profile for the server; create zones for the added server; and activate the added server.
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