Automating responses by grid providers to bid requests indicating criteria for a grid job
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically responding to a virtual job request from a grid client, comprising:
- receiving, from a client system, a job request for processing a job within a grid environment of a grid provider at a grid service via a network, wherein said job request specifies at least one criteria required for said grid provider to handle a particular grid job;
processing, at said grid service executing within said grid environment, said at least one criteria of said job request to determine whether said grid environment comprises a hardware platform class, a software platform class, and a network bandwidth required by said job request;
responsive to determining that said grid environment comprises said hardware platform class, said software platform class, and said network bandwidth required by said job request, calculating a total required workload for said job request;
calculating a total cost for said total required workload for said job request by determining whether said job request describes a type of job request pre-approved for a discount price based on said client system agreeing to submit said type of job request solely to at least one grid provider specified in a grid alliance; and
automatically returning, to said client system, a response to said job request comprising an identifier for said grid provider and said total cost for said job request, such that said client system is enabled to determine whether to submit said particular grid job to said grid provider.
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Abstract
A bid controller grid service of a grid provider receives a job request from a client for processing a job within a grid environment of the grid provider, wherein the job request specifies at a least one criteria required for the grid provider to handle a particular grid job. The grid service determines whether the grid environment includes the hardware platform class, software platform class, and network bandwidth required by the job request. If the grid service determines that the grid environment includes a sufficient hardware platform class, software platform class, and network bandwidth, then a total required workload for the job request is calculated. Next, a total cost for the total required workload is estimated and the grid service automatically returns a bid response to the client system, where the bid response includes an identifier for the grid provider and the total cost for the job request.
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically responding to a virtual job request from a grid client, comprising:
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receiving, from a client system, a job request for processing a job within a grid environment of a grid provider at a grid service via a network, wherein said job request specifies at least one criteria required for said grid provider to handle a particular grid job; processing, at said grid service executing within said grid environment, said at least one criteria of said job request to determine whether said grid environment comprises a hardware platform class, a software platform class, and a network bandwidth required by said job request; responsive to determining that said grid environment comprises said hardware platform class, said software platform class, and said network bandwidth required by said job request, calculating a total required workload for said job request; calculating a total cost for said total required workload for said job request by determining whether said job request describes a type of job request pre-approved for a discount price based on said client system agreeing to submit said type of job request solely to at least one grid provider specified in a grid alliance; and automatically returning, to said client system, a response to said job request comprising an identifier for said grid provider and said total cost for said job request, such that said client system is enabled to determine whether to submit said particular grid job to said grid provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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