Dividing cloud resources

• US 8,935,397 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2010
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Seago, Scott Wayne, Guiditta, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): SALL, EL HADJI MALICK
• Application Number:
  US12/828,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20120005341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,657 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/246, 709/225, 719/328
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5011 Pool
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

A method and apparatus for dividing resources provided by cloud computing systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a specification of a subset of cloud computing systems from among a plurality of cloud computing systems. The method may also include joining the subset of cloud computing systems into a pool of cloud computing resources. Furthermore, the method may include providing access to the pool of cloud computing resources.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a specification of a first cloud computing system;

associating the first cloud computing system with a pool of cloud computing resources;

identifying a second cloud computing system associated with the pool of cloud computing resources, wherein the identifying is performed in view of a client request and at least one of a parameter of the second client computing system or a parameter of a client which originated the client request;

translating, by the processing device, the client request from a cloud system-neutral format into a cloud system-specific format associated with the second cloud computing system; and

forwarding the translated request to the second cloud computing system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating further comprises:

updating a database to include the pool of cloud computing resources.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a specification of the second cloud computing system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cloud computing systems includes at least one existing pool of cloud computing system resources.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, from a client computer system, a request to access the pool of cloud computing resources;

generating a link to the pool of cloud computing resources; and

providing the link to the client computer system.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to detecting a change in the second cloud computing system, identifying a third cloud computing system associated with the pool of cloud computing resources;

translating the client request from a cloud system-neutral format into a cloud system-specific format associated with the third cloud computing system; and

forwarding the translated request to the third cloud computing system.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a specification of a first cloud computing system;

associating the first cloud computing system with a pool of cloud computing resources;

identifying a second cloud computing system associated with the pool of cloud computing resources, wherein the identifying is performed in view of a client request and at least one of a parameter of the second client computing system or a parameter of a client which originated the client request;

translating, by the processing device, the client request from a cloud system-neutral format into a cloud system-specific format associated with the second cloud computing system; and

forwarding the translated request to the second cloud computing system.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the associating further comprises:

updating a database to include the pool of cloud computing resources.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a specification of the second cloud computing system.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the plurality of cloud computing systems includes at least one existing pool of cloud computing system resources.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising executable instructions causing the processing device to:

receive, from a client computer system, a request to access the pool of cloud computing resources;

generate a link to the pool of cloud computing resources; and

provide the link to the client computer system.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising executable instructions causing the processing device to:

responsive to detecting a change in the second cloud computing system, identifying a third cloud computing system associated with the pool of cloud computing resources;

translating the client request from a cloud system-neutral format into a cloud system-specific format associated with the third cloud computing system; and

forwarding the translated request to the third cloud computing system.

11. A system comprising:

a memory; and

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

receive a specification of a first cloud computing system,

associate the first cloud computing system with a pool of cloud computing resources,

identify a second cloud computing system associated with the pool of cloud computing resources, wherein the identifying is performed in view of a client request and at least one of a parameter of the second client computing system or a parameter of a client which originated the client request;

translate the client request from a cloud system-neutral format into a cloud system-specific format associated with the second cloud computing system; and

forward the translated request to the second cloud computing system.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the associating further comprises:

updating a database to include the pool of cloud computing resources.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to receive the specification of the second cloud computing system.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to receive, from a client computer system, a request to access the pool of cloud computing resources, generate a link to the pool of cloud computing resources, and provide the link to the client computer system.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

responsive to detecting a change in the second cloud computing system, identifying a third cloud computing system associated with the pool of cloud computing resources;

translating the client request from a cloud system-neutral format into a cloud system-specific format associated with the third cloud computing system; and

forwarding the translated request to the third cloud computing system.