Placement policy-based allocation of computing resources

• US 9,912,609 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2015
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Jacob, Vinod Pathikulangara, Kirsur, Gopal, Jacob, Albin Abraham, Vattakkandy, Muhammad Riyas, Ravindraiah, Kiran Malpati, Kota, Nirguna
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacobs, Lashonda
• Application Number:
  US14/819,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20160043968A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/808 User-type aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/827 Aggregation of resource allocation or reservation requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for managing and allocating resources based on resource policies in response to user requests. A resource management system can receive a request for a service. A request may indicate preferences for allocation resources (e.g., a resource definition) to enable the service. A resource definition may indicate a topology of the computing resources to allocate for the user. The topology may indicate what computing resources to allocate and how to allocate those computing resource. Based on the information indicated by a request, the resource management system may determine a placement policy for allocation of computing resources indicated by the request. A placement policy may indicate a placement of one or more computing resources requested by a user. The placement policy may indicate where and how computing resources are to be placed once allocated. The computing resources may be allocated based on the placement policy and the resource definition.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a service;

identifying, by a computer system, a definition of a plurality of computing resources based on the request, the definition indicating one or more characteristics for placement of the plurality of computing resources;

determining, by the computer system, a placement policy from a plurality of placement policies based on identifying the placement policy as satisfying more of the one or more characteristics for placement of the plurality of computing resources than any other policy from the plurality of placement policies, wherein the placement policy indicates a placement configuration of the plurality of computing resources; and

allocating, using the placement policy and the definition, the plurality of computing resources in a resource infrastructure system, the resource infrastructure system including one or more data centers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request includes the definition, and wherein the definition includes a processor definition, a memory definition, and a virtual machine definition, the virtual machine definition identifying a set of virtual machines.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request indicates a type of service for use of the plurality of computing resources, and wherein the definition is identified based on the type of service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the definition is identified based on a service for deployment using the plurality of computing resources.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, according to the placement configuration, a placement of the plurality of computing resources in the resource infrastructure system, wherein the placement configuration includes a geographic location where placement of the plurality of resources is established.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the placement configuration indicates a plurality of groups, wherein the placement configuration identifies a set of virtual machines allocated to a first group of the plurality of groups, and wherein a first computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is allocated to the first group based on the placement configuration.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the placement configuration includes security configuration to prevent access to the plurality of computing resources by other computing resources, and wherein the security configuration indicates one or more hypervisors allocated to manage the plurality of computing resources.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the security configuration further indicates a set of virtual machines allocated to the hypervisor to support the plurality of computing resources.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the placement configuration includes a performance configuration, the performance configuration indicating a first computing resource allocated to a first hypervisor and indicating a second computing resource allocated to a second hypervisor, and wherein the plurality of computing resources includes the first computing resource and the second computing resource.

10. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled with and readable by the one or more processors, the memory configured to store a set of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to;

receive a request for a service;

identify a definition of a plurality of computing resources based on the request, the definition indicating one or more characteristics for the plurality of computing resources;

determine a placement policy from a plurality of placement policies based on identifying the placement policy as satisfying more of the one or more characteristics for placement of the plurality of computing resources than any other policy from the plurality of placement policies, wherein the placement policy indicates a placement configuration of the plurality of computing resources; and

allocate, using the placement policy and the definition, the plurality of computing resources in a resource infrastructure system, the resource infrastructure system including one or more data centers.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising the resource infrastructure system.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the request includes the definition, and wherein the definition includes a processor definition, a memory definition, and a virtual machine definition, the virtual machine definition identifying a set of virtual machines.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the request indicates a type of service for use of the plurality of computing resources, and wherein the definition is identified based on the type of service.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the placement configuration indicates a plurality of groups, wherein the placement configuration identifies a set of virtual machines allocated to a first group of the plurality of groups, and wherein a first computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is allocated to the first group based on the placement configuration.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the placement configuration includes security configuration to prevent access to the plurality of computing resources by other computing resources, and wherein the security configuration indicates one or more hypervisors allocated to manage the plurality of computing resources.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request for a service;

identify, by a computer system, a definition of a plurality of computing resources based on the request, the definition indicating one or more characteristics for the plurality of computing resources;

determine, by the computer system, a placement policy from a plurality of placement policies based on identifying the placement policy as satisfying more of the one or more characteristics for placement of the plurality of computing resources than any other policy from the plurality of placement policies, wherein the placement policy indicates a placement configuration of the plurality of computing resources; and

allocate, using the placement policy and the definition, the plurality of computing resources in a resource infrastructure system, the resource infrastructure system including one or more data centers.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the request includes the definition, and wherein the definition includes a processor definition, a memory definition, and a virtual machine definition, the virtual machine definition identifying a set of virtual machines.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the request indicates a type of service for use of the plurality of computing resources, and wherein the definition is identified based on the type of service.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the placement configuration indicates a plurality of groups, wherein the placement configuration identifies a set of virtual machines allocated to a first group of the plurality of groups, and wherein a first computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is allocated to the first group based on the placement configuration.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the placement configuration includes security configuration to prevent access to the plurality of computing resources by other computing resources, and wherein the security configuration indicates one or more hypervisors allocated to manage the plurality of computing resources.