Tracking costs for a deployable instance

• US 10,693,805 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Povolny, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Wasel, Mohamed A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hackenberg, Rachel J
• Application Number:
  US14/011,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,492 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1421 Indication of expected costs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/781 Centralised allocation of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859

Abstract

A system and method for receiving a request to launch a deployable instance, a resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, different cost model information for each cloud in a pool of clouds, and different capability information for each cloud in the pool of clouds. Selectable clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile are determined, and a deployment cost is calculated for the deployable instance for each cloud in the pool of clouds based on the resource requirement profile and the cost information. A lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance is determined from the selectable clouds based on the deployment cost of each selectable cloud. Upon determining the lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile, the deployable instance can be launched on the lowest cost cloud.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request to launch a deployable instance and a resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, wherein the deployable instance specifies an application and a number of virtual machines that are to be used to provide the application, and wherein the resource requirement profile specifies ranking criteria;

receiving cost model information for each cloud in a pool of clouds, wherein different cost information is received for different clouds, and wherein a respective cost model information for a respective cloud in the pool of clouds is in view of whether the respective cloud includes a first additional cost for a network address assignment for the deployable instance, whether the respective cloud includes a second additional cost for a backup associated with the deployable instance, and an identification of a peak usage period of each respective cloud;

receiving capability information for each cloud in the pool of clouds, wherein different capability information is received for the different clouds; and

responsive to identifying selectable clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile of the deployable instance;

calculating a deployment cost for the deployable instance for each of the selectable clouds in the pool of clouds by using the resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, the cost model information, and a hosting capacity for each cloud in the pool of clouds, the cost model information being associated with a combination of an available period of time to provide the deployable instance and resources of the respective cloud in the pool of clouds to provide the deployable instance for the available period of time;

ranking the selectable clouds based on the ranking criteria and the deployment cost for each of the selectable clouds to determine a priority ranking for each of the selectable clouds;

determining, by a processing device, a lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance from the selectable clouds in view of the priority ranking for each of the selectable clouds; and

upon determining the lowest cost cloud that meets the resource requirement profile, launching the deployable instance on the lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to failing to identify clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile of the deployable instance;

determining alternative clouds in the pool of clouds that meet at least a portion of the resource requirement profile;

determining another lowest cost cloud that meets the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance from the alternative clouds in view of the deployment cost for each of the alternative clouds; and

upon determining the another lowest cost cloud that meets the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile, launching the deployable instance on the another lowest cost cloud.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost model information is further associated with a reliability of the respective cloud and whether the respective cloud includes a first cost for a partial portion of a specified amount of time or includes a second cost for a full portion of the specified amount of time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost model information is in view of one or more chargeables.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more chargeables are selected from one or more of a first unit of run time, a second unit of usage of bandwidth, a unit of usage of storage, a load balancer, or a database access.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein one or more first chargeables of a first cloud in the pool of clouds are different from one or more second chargeables of a second cloud in the pool of clouds.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the cost model information comprises receiving the respective cost model information from each cloud in the pool of clouds.

8. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory, to;

receive a request to launch a deployable instance and a resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, wherein the deployable instance specifies an application and a number of virtual machines that are to be used to provide the application, and wherein the resource requirement profile specifies ranking criteria;

receive cost model information for each cloud in a pool of clouds, wherein different cost information is received for different clouds, and wherein a respective cost model information for a respective cloud in the pool of clouds is in view of whether the respective cloud includes a first additional cost for a network address assignment for the deployable instance, whether the respective cloud includes a second additional cost for a backup associated with the deployable instance, and an identification of a peak usage period of each respective cloud;

receive capability information for each cloud in the pool of clouds, wherein different capability information is received for the different clouds; and

responsive to identifying selectable clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile of the deployable instance;

calculate a deployment cost for the deployable instance for each cloud in the pool of clouds by using the resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, the cost model information, and a hosting capacity for each cloud in the pool of clouds, the cost model information being associated with a combination of an available period of time to provide the deployable instance and resources of the respective cloud in the pool of clouds to provide the deployable instance for the available period of time;

rank the selectable clouds based on the ranking criteria and the deployment cost for each of the selectable clouds to determine a priority ranking for each of the selectable clouds;

determine a lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance from the selectable clouds in view of the priority ranking for each of the selectable clouds; and

upon determining the lowest cost cloud that meets the resource requirement profile, launch the deployable instance on the lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein responsive to failing to identify clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile of the deployable instance, the processing device is to:

determine alternative clouds in the pool of clouds that meet at least a portion of the resource requirement profile;

determine another lowest cost cloud that meets the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance from the alternative clouds in view of the deployment cost for each of the alternative clouds; and

upon determining the another lowest cost cloud that meets the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile, launch the deployable instance on the another lowest cost cloud.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile is a minimum resource requirement profile.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the cost model information is in view of one or more chargeables.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more chargeables are selected from one or more of a first unit of run time, a second unit of usage of bandwidth, a unit of usage of storage, a load balancer, or a database access.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein one or more first chargeables of a first cloud in the pool of clouds are different from one or more second chargeables of a second cloud in the pool of clouds.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein to receive the cost model information, the processing device is to receive the respective cost model information from each cloud in the pool of clouds.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive a request to launch a deployable instance and a resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, wherein the deployable instance specifies an application and a number of virtual machines that are to be used to provide the application, and wherein the resource requirement profile specifies ranking criteria;

receive cost model information for each cloud in a pool of clouds, wherein different cost information is received for different clouds, and wherein a respective cost model information for a respective cloud in the pool of clouds is in view of whether the respective cloud includes a first additional cost for a network address assignment for the deployable instance, whether the respective cloud includes a second additional cost for a backup associated with the deployable instance, and an identification of a peak usage period of each respective cloud;

receive capability information for each cloud in the pool of clouds, wherein different capability information is received for the different clouds;

responsive to identifying selectable clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile of the deployable instance;

calculate a deployment cost for the deployable instance for each cloud in the pool of clouds by using the resource requirement profile for the deployable instance, the cost model information, and a hosting capacity for each cloud in the pool of clouds, the cost model information being associated with a combination of an available period of time to provide the deployable instance and resources of the respective cloud in the pool of clouds to provide the deployable instance for the available period of time;

rank the selectable clouds based on the ranking criteria and the deployment cost for each of the selectable clouds to determine a priority ranking for each of the selectable clouds;

determine, by the processing device, a lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance from the selectable clouds in view of the priority ranking for each of the selectable clouds; and

upon determining the lowest cost cloud that meets the resource requirement profile, launch the deployable instance on the lowest cost cloud that corresponds to the resource requirement profile.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein responsive to failing to identify clouds in the pool of clouds that meet the resource requirement profile of the deployable instance, the processing device is to:

determine alternative clouds in the pool of clouds that meet at least a portion of the resource requirement profile;

determine another lowest cost cloud that meets the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile for launching the deployable instance from the alternative clouds in view of the deployment cost for each of the alternative clouds; and

upon determining the another lowest cost cloud that meets the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile, launch the deployable instance on the another lowest cost cloud.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the at least a portion of the resource requirement profile is a minimum resource requirement profile.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the cost model information is in view of one or more chargeables.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the one or more chargeables are selected from one or more of a first unit of run time, a second unit of usage of bandwidth, a unit of usage of storage, a load balancer, or a database access.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein one or more first chargeables of a first cloud in the pool of clouds are different from one or more second chargeables of a second cloud in the pool of clouds.