Optimizing performance of applications driven by microservices architecture

• US 9,875,086 B1
• Filed: 09/29/2016
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Eric M., Harat, Szymon W., Malczewski, Michal P., Szczotka, Artur
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutten, James D
• Application Number:
  US15/279,598
• Time in Patent Office: 481 Days
• Field of Search: 717104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/34 Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation ; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

An approach is provided in which an information handling system deploys a first microservice included in an application to a first microservice runtime environment (MRE). The information handling system receives a first set of performance metrics corresponding to a performance level of the first microservice in the first MRE, and receives a second set of performance metrics corresponding to a second MRE. Then, the information handling system determines that the first microservice will have a higher performance level in the second MRE than in the first MRE based on comparing the first set of performance metrics against the second set of performance metrics. As a result, the information handling system redeploys the first microservice from the first MRE to the second MRE.

Claims

1. A method implemented by an information handling system that includes a memory and a processor, the method comprising:

deploying a first microservice to a first microservice runtime environment (MRE), wherein the first microservice is part of a plurality of microservices included in an application and depends upon a second microservice included in the plurality of microservices;

clustering a set of service data records based on the plurality of microservices, wherein the clustered set of service data records includes a first service data record comprising a first latency time between the first microservice and the second microservice;

determining an initial performance level of the application based on the first latency time;

evaluating a different set of service data records corresponding to an MRE type of the first microservice;

selecting a second service data record from the different set of service data records based on the evaluation, wherein the second service data record comprises a second latency time corresponding to a second MRE;

computing an adjusted performance level of the application based on the second latency time; and

redeploying the first microservice from the first MRE to the second MRE based on determining that the adjusted performance level is an improvement over the initial performance level.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

collecting the set of service data records from one or more service providers.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a first set of MREs are provided by a first service provider and a second set of MREs are provided by a second service provider; and

the first MRE is included in the first set of MREs and the second MRE is included in the second set of MREs.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the deploying further comprises:

deploying each of the plurality of microservices to one of a plurality of MREs, wherein the second MRE is not included in the plurality of MREs.

5. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory coupled to at least one of the processors; and

a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of;

deploying a first microservice to a first microservice runtime environment (MRE), wherein the first microservice is part of a plurality of microservices included in an application and depends upon a second microservice included in the plurality of microservices;

clustering a set of service data records based on the plurality of microservices, wherein the clustered set of service data records includes a first service data record comprising a first latency time between the first microservice and the second microservice;

determining an initial performance level of the application based on the first latency time;

evaluating a different set of service data records corresponding to an MRE type of the first microservice;

selecting a second service data record from the different set of service data records based on the evaluation, wherein the second service data record comprises a second latency time corresponding to a second MRE;

computing an adjusted performance level of the application based on the second latency time; and

redeploying the first microservice from the first MRE to the second MRE based on determining that the adjusted performance level is an improvement over the initial performance level.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 wherein at least one of the one or more processors perform additional actions comprising:

collecting the set of service data records from one or more service providers.

7. The information handling system of claim 5 wherein:

a first set of MREs are provided by a first service provider and a second set of MREs are provided by a second service provider; and

the first MRE is included in the first set of MREs and the second MRE is included in the second set of MREs.

8. The information handling system of claim 5 wherein, during the deploying, at least one of the one or more processors perform additional actions comprising:

deploying each of the plurality of microservices to one of a plurality of MREs, wherein the second MRE is not included in the plurality of MREs.

9. A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:

deploying a first microservice to a first microservice runtime environment (MRE), wherein the first microservice is part of a plurality of microservices included in an application and depends upon a second microservice included in the plurality of microservices;

clustering a set of service data records based on the plurality of microservices, wherein the clustered set of service data records includes a first service data record comprising a first latency time between the first microservice and the second microservice;

determining an initial performance level of the application based on the first latency time;

evaluating a different set of service data records corresponding to an MRE type of the first microservice;

selecting a second service data record from the different set of service data records based on the evaluation, wherein the second service data record comprises a second latency time corresponding to a second MRE;

computing an adjusted performance level of the application based on the second latency time; and

redeploying the first microservice from the first MRE to the second MRE based on determining that the adjusted performance level is an improvement over the initial performance level.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the information handling system performs additional actions comprising:

collecting the set of service data records from one or more service providers.