Multiple cloud marketplace aggregation

• US 9,407,572 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2015
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Ferris, James Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): NDIAYE, CHEIKH T
• Application Number:
  US14/691,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5015 Service provider selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/76 using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation requested by the user or requested by the network in response to changing network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A processor replicates a request for a computer resource to a plurality of clouds, and updates a repository in view of resource offerings received from the plurality of clouds. The repository stores resource and service data for each cloud. The processor identifies resource and service data in the repository that match information specified in the request in view of the updated repository, and provides information to a requesting entity indicating resource and service data in the repository satisfy the request.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

replicating, by a processor, a request for a computer resource to a plurality of clouds;

updating, by the processor, a repository in view of resource offerings received from the plurality of clouds, wherein the repository stores resource and service data for each cloud of the plurality of clouds;

determining from the updating of the repository that a single cloud of the plurality of clouds does not have resource offerings to provide the computer resource to satisfy the request;

identifying, by the processor, from the updating of the resource and service data in the repository, a first cloud of the plurality of clouds to provide a first portion of the computer resource and a second cloud of the plurality of clouds to provide a remaining portion of the computer resource to satisfy the request; and

providing information to a requesting entity indicating resource and service data in the repository that satisfy the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is to migrate a plurality of virtual machines and the information in the request specifies an event defined by a threshold value to be applied to the resource and service data in the repository.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein identifying comprises searching the resource and service data in the repository for resource and service data matching the event.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein providing the information to the requesting entity comprises:

migrating the plurality of virtual machines to the first cloud and the second cloud having resource and service data matching the event; and

notifying the requesting entity of the migrating.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request specifies at least one of a processor resource, memory resource, input/output (I/O) resource, application resource, operating system resource, or service level represented by a service level agreement.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying comprises searching the resource and service data in the repository for resource and service data that matches the specified at least one of processor resource, memory resource, input/output (I/O) resource, application resource, operating system resource, or service level represented by a service level agreement in the request.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the information to the requesting entity comprises:

extracting resource and service data from the repository that matches the information specified in the request;

generating a report comprising the resource and service data extracted from the repository; and

providing the report to the requesting entity.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing one or more resources to the requesting entity.

9. A system comprising:

a memory;

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, the processor to;

replicate a request for a computer resource to a plurality of clouds;

update a repository in view of resource offerings received from the plurality of clouds, wherein the repository stores resource and service data for each cloud of the plurality of clouds;

determine from the updating of the repository that a single cloud of the plurality of clouds does not have resource offerings to provide the computer resource to satisfy the request;

identify from the updating of the resource and service data in the repository, a first cloud of the plurality of clouds to provide a first portion of the computer resource and a second cloud of the plurality of clouds to provide a remaining portion of the computer resource to satisfy the request; and

provide information to a requesting entity indicating resource and service data in the repository that satisfy the request.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the request is to migrate a plurality of virtual machines and the information in the request specifies an event defined by a threshold value to be applied to the resource and service data in the repository.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein to identify comprises the processor to search the resource and service data in the repository for resource and service data matching the event.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein to provide comprises the processor to:

migrate the plurality of virtual machines to the first cloud and the second cloud having resource and service data matching the event; and

notify the requesting entity of the migrating.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the request specifies at least one of a processor resource, memory resource, input/output (I/O) resource, application resource, operating system resource, or service level represented by a service level agreement.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein to identify comprises the processor to search the resource and service data in the repository for resource and service data that matches the specified at least one of processor resource, memory resource, input/output (I/O) resource, application resource, operating system resource, or service level represented by a service level agreement in the request.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein to provide comprises the processor to:

extract resource and service data from the repository that matches the information specified in the request;

generate a report comprising the resource and service data extracted from the repository; and

provide the report to the requesting entity.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further to provide one or more resources to the requesting entity.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

replicate, by the processor, a request for a computer resource to a plurality of clouds;

update a repository in view of resource offerings received from the plurality of clouds, wherein the repository stores resource and service data for each cloud of the plurality of clouds;

determine from the updating of the repository that a single cloud of the plurality of clouds does not have resource offerings to provide the computer resource to satisfy the request;

identify, from the updating of the resource and service data in the repository, a first cloud of the plurality of clouds to provide a first portion of the computer resource and a second cloud of the plurality of clouds to provide a remaining portion of the computer resource to satisfy the request; and

provide information to a requesting entity indicating resource and service data in the repository that satisfy the request.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the request is to migrate a plurality of virtual machines and the information in the request specifies an event defined by a threshold value to be applied to the resource and service data in the repository, and the identifying of resource and service data in the repository comprises searching the resource and service data in the repository for resource and service data matching the event.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein to provide the information to the requesting entity comprises the processor to:

migrate the plurality of virtual machines to the first cloud and the second cloud having resource and service data matching the event; and

notify the requesting entity of the migrating.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the request specifies at least one of a processor resource, memory resource, input/output (I/O) resource, application resource, operating system resource, or service level represented by a service level agreement, and the identifying of resource and service data in the repository comprises:

searching the resource and service data in the repository for resource and service data that matches the specified at least one of processor resource, memory resource, input/output (I/O) resource, application resource, operating system resource, or service level represented by a service level agreement in the request.