SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC HARDWARE PROVISIONING BASED ON APPLICATION CHARACTERISTICS

• US 20130036208A1
• Filed: 08/05/2011
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Dochez, Jerome
• Granted Patent: US 9,639,402 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for automatically provisioning resources based on application characteristics. In accordance with an embodiment, a system can include a computer, including a computer readable medium and processor, and a template engine, executing on the computer. The template engine is configured to receive applications and associated metadata. The system can also include a virtualized environment, and a plurality of templates, each defining a different resource available within the virtualized environment. When the template engine receives an application and associated metadata, the template engine determines resource requirements for the application based on the associated metadata, compares the resource requirements with the plurality of templates, identifies appropriate templates for the resource requirements, and provisions resources in the virtualized environment using the appropriate templates. Hardware resources can then be allocated dynamically according to the needs of the virtualized environment.

Claims

1. A system to automatically provision resources based on application characteristics, comprising:

a computer, including a computer readable medium and processor;

a template engine, executing on the computer, wherein the template engine is configured to receive applications and associated metadata;

a virtualized environment; and

a plurality of templates, each defining a different resource available from the virtualized environment;

wherein when the template engine receives an application and associated metadata, the template engine

determines resource requirements for the application based on the associated metadata,

compares the resource requirements with the plurality of templates,

identifies appropriate templates for the resource requirements, and

provisions resources in the virtualized environment using the appropriate templates for late binding to hardware resources.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a hardware environment which includes a plurality of generic hardware resources configured to host the virtualized environment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the template engine is further configured to:

monitor performance of the application; and

dynamically adjust the resources in the virtualized environment based on the performance of the application.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the template engine is further configured to:

dynamically adjust the generic hardware resources in the hardware environment based on the performance of the application.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the templates include application server templates, database template, and message service templates.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the template engine is further configured to undeploy the application by deleting the virtualized environment.

7. A method for automatically provisioning resources based on application characteristics, comprising:

receiving an application and associated metadata at a template engine, executing on a computer including a computer readable medium and processor, wherein the template engine includes a plurality of templates, each defining a different resource available from a virtualized environment;

determining resource requirements for the application based on the associated metadata;

comparing the resource requirements with the plurality of templates;

identifying appropriate templates for the resource requirements; and

provisioning resources in a virtualized environment using the appropriate templates for late binding to hardware resources.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

hosting the virtualized environment by a hardware environment which includes a plurality of generic hardware resources.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

monitoring performance of the application; and

dynamically adjusting the resources in the virtualized environment based on the performance of the application.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

dynamically adjusting the generic hardware resources in the hardware environment based on the performance of the application.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the templates include application server templates, database template, and message service templates.

12. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

undeploying the application by deleting the virtualized environment.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 wherein the templates include application server templates, database template, and message service templates.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 further comprising:

undeploying the application by deleting the virtualized environment.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:

receiving an application and associated metadata at a template engine, executing on a computer including a computer readable medium and processor, wherein the template engine includes a plurality of templates, each defining a different resource available from a virtualized environment;

determining resource requirements for the application based on the associated metadata;

comparing the resource requirements with the plurality of templates;

identifying appropriate templates for the resource requirements; and

provisioning resources in a virtualized environment using the appropriate templates for late binding to hardware resources.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising:

hosting the virtualized environment by a hardware environment which includes a plurality of generic hardware resources.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring performance of the application; and

dynamically adjusting the resources in the virtualized environment based on the performance of the application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

dynamically adjusting the generic hardware resources in the hardware environment based on the performance of the application.