×

Flexible cloud management

  • US 9,311,162 B2
  • Filed: 05/27/2009
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a processor, at least one physical computing system with available computing resources;

    adding, by the processor, the identified physical computing system to a cloud;

    classifying a plurality of physical computing systems of the cloud into a plurality of virtual groups in view of a particular usage of the cloud and computing resources;

    maintaining multiple group records to identify the computing resources, the multiple group records comprising identification of the plurality of virtual groups and the plurality of physical computing systems;

    receiving a request from a requester to instantiate a virtual machine in the cloud, wherein the request comprises a specification of the virtual machine and requirements for the computing resources;

    selecting, by the processor, a virtual group from the plurality of virtual groups in view of an identity of the requester and at least one of;

    (i) the specification,(ii) a classification of the plurality of physical computing systems, or(iii) the multiple group records; and

    allocating, by the processor, a physical computing system in the virtual group to the virtual machine.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×