METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A MARKETPLACE FOR CLOUD-BASED NETWORKS

• US 20090300635A1
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,372,490 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A cloud marketplace system can be configured to communicate with multiple cloud computing environments in order to ascertain the details for the resources and services provided by the cloud computing environments. The cloud marketplace system can be configured receive a request for information pertaining to the resources or services provided by or available in the cloud computing environments. The cloud marketplace system can be configured to generate a marketplace report detailing the resource and service data matching the request. The cloud marketplace system can be configured to utilize the resource and service data to provide migration services for virtual machines initiated in the cloud computing environments.

Claims

1. A method of providing a marketplace for cloud computing environments, comprising:

determining resource and service data for a set of cloud computing environments;

receiving a request for information about the set of cloud computing environments, the request comprising at least one of a desired resource, a desired service, or a desired cloud computing environment; and

generating a report of the set of cloud computing environments based on the request, wherein the report comprises the resource and service data matching the at least one of the desired resource, the desired service, or the desired cloud computing environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the resource and service data comprises:

obtaining the resource and service data from at least one of cloud management systems for the set of cloud computing environments or a set of resource servers in the set of cloud computing environments.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the resource and service data is obtained periodically.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the resource and service data further comprises:

storing the obtained resource and service data in a repository; and

retrieving the obtained resource and service data upon receiving the request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request comprises:

receiving the request from at least one of an initiator of the request or a cloud management system of the set of cloud computing environments.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource and service data comprises at least one of computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, computing resources and services available in the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods, cost data for computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, and status data for the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to migrate at least one virtual machine the occurrence of an event;

monitoring the resource and service data for the occurrence of the event; and

migrating the at least one virtual machine from a first cloud computing environments in the set of cloud computing environments to a second cloud computing environment in the set of cloud computing environments.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the event comprises a portion of the resource and service data reaching a threshold value received in the request to migrate.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the resource and service data comprises at least one of computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, computing resources and services available in the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods, cost data for computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, and status data for the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods.

27. The cloud marketplace application of claim 8, wherein the resource and service data comprises at least one of computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, computing resources and services available in the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods, cost data for computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, and status data for the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods.

10. A system for providing a marketplace for cloud computing environments, comprising:

a network interface to a set of cloud computing environments; and

a cloud marketplace module, communicating with the network interface, the cloud marketplace module being configured to—

determine resource and service data for the set of cloud computing environments;

receive a request for information about the set of cloud computing environments, the request comprising at least one of a desired resource, a desired service, or a desired cloud computing environment; and

generate a report of the set of cloud computing environments based on the request, wherein the report comprises the resource and service data matching the at least one of the desired resource, the desired service, or the desired cloud computing environment.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein determining the resource and service data comprises:

obtaining the resource and service data from at least one of cloud management systems for the set of cloud computing environments or a set of resource servers in the set of cloud computing environments.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the resource and service data is obtained periodically.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein determining the resource and service data further comprises:

storing the obtained resource and service data in a repository; and

retrieving the obtained resource and service data upon receiving the request.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein receiving the request comprises:

receiving the request from at least one of an initiator of the request or a cloud management system of the set of cloud computing environments.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the resource and service data comprises at least one of computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, computing resources and services available in the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods, cost data for computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, and status data for the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods.

16. The system of claim 10, the cloud marketplace module being further configured to—

receive a request to migrate at least one virtual machine the occurrence of an event;

monitor the resource and service data for the occurrence of the event; and

migrate the at least one virtual machine from a first cloud computing environments in the set of cloud computing environments to a second cloud computing environment in the set of cloud computing environments.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the event comprises a portion of the resource and service data reaching a threshold value received in the request to migrate.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the resource and service data comprises at least one of computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, computing resources and services available in the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods, cost data for computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, and status data for the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods.

19. A cloud marketplace application, the cloud marketplace application being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

determining resource and service data for a set of cloud computing environments;

receiving a request for information about the set of cloud computing environments, the request comprising at least one of a desired resource, a desired service, or a desired cloud computing environment; and

generating a report of the set of cloud computing environments based on the request, wherein the report comprises the resource and service data matching the at least one of the desired resource, the desired service, or the desired cloud computing environment.

20. The cloud marketplace application of claim 19, wherein determining the resource and service data comprises:

obtaining the resource and service data from at least one of cloud management systems for the set of cloud computing environments or a set of resource servers in the set of cloud computing environments.

21. The cloud marketplace application of claim 20, wherein the resource and service data is obtained periodically.

22. The cloud marketplace application of claim 20, wherein determining the resource and service data further comprises:

storing the obtained resource and service data in a repository; and

retrieving the obtained resource and service data upon receiving the request.

23. The cloud marketplace application of claim 19, wherein receiving the request comprises:

receiving the request from at least one of an initiator of the request or a cloud management system of the set of cloud computing environments.

24. The cloud marketplace application of claim 19, wherein the resource and service data comprises at least one of computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, computing resources and services available in the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods, cost data for computing resources and services provided by the set of cloud computing environments, and status data for the set of cloud computing environments at particular time periods.

25. The cloud marketplace application of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving a request to migrate at least one virtual machine the occurrence of an event;

monitoring the resource and service data for the occurrence of the event; and

migrating the at least one virtual machine from a first cloud computing environments in the set of cloud computing environments to a second cloud computing environment in the set of cloud computing environments.

26. The cloud marketplace application of claim 25, wherein the event comprises a portion of the resource and service data reaching a threshold value received in the request to migrate.