Systems and methods for virtual machine resource optimization using machine learning techniques

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11579939-B2
Application number	US-202117196788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2021
Priority date	Feb 11, 2020
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. As described, systems described herein may generate configurations based on received parameters for utilization to configure (e.g., install, instantiate, etc.) virtualized resources. Once generated, a configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
place, according to a first packing methodology, a first set of containers in a first set of nodes of a virtualized environment;
determine a first resource utilization of the first set of nodes based on the placement of the first set of containers in the first set of nodes according to the first packing methodology;
place, according to a second packing methodology, a second set of containers in the first set of nodes;
determine a second resource utilization of the first set of nodes based on the placement of the second set of containers in the first set of nodes according to the second packing methodology;
compare the first resource utilization to the second resource utilization;
select the first packing methodology based on the comparison of the first resource utilization to the second resource utilization;
receive a request to place a third set of containers in a second set of nodes; and
place the third set of containers in the second set of nodes according to the first packing methodology, based on the selection of the first packing methodology.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second set of containers includes one or more same containers of the first set of containers.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein placing the first set of containers in the first set of nodes is performed as a first iteration, and wherein placing the second set of containers in the first set of nodes is performed as a second iteration that is separate from the first iteration.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the first and second iterations are first and second iterations of one or more simulations of placing the first and second sets of containers, respectively, in the first set of nodes.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein placing the first set of containers in the first set of containers according to the first packing methodology includes:
placing one or more containers, of the first set of containers, into a first node of the first set of nodes in a sequence until the first node is unable to accommodate a next container in the sequence; and
placing the next container into a second node of the first set of nodes based on the first node being unable to accommodate the next container.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the sequence is a first sequence, wherein placing the second set of containers in the first set of containers according to the second packing methodology includes:
placing one or more containers, of the second set of containers, into the first node in a second sequence that is different from the first sequence.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein placing the second set of containers in the first set of containers according to the second packing methodology further includes:
placing the one or more containers, of the second set of containers, into the first node in the second sequence until the first node is unable to accommodate a next container in the second sequence; and
placing the next container, of the second sequence, into the second node of the first set of nodes based on the resources of the first node being unable to accommodate the next container of the second sequence.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:
place, according to a first packing methodology, a first set of containers in a first set of nodes of a virtualized environment;
determine a first resource utilization of the first set of nodes based on the placement of the first set of containers in the first set of nodes according to the first packing methodology;
place, according to a second packing methodology, a second set of containers in the first set of nodes;
determine a second resource utilization of the first set of nodes based on the placement of the second set of containers in the first set of nodes according to the second packing methodology;
compare the first resource utilization to the second resource utilization;
select the first packing methodology based on the comparison of the first resource utilization to the second resource utilization;
receive a request to place a third set of containers in a second set of nodes; and
place the third set of containers in the second set of nodes according to the first packing methodology, based on the selection of the first packing methodology.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the second set of containers includes one or more same containers of the first set of containers.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein placing the first set of containers in the first set of nodes is performed as a first iteration, and wherein placing the second set of containers in the first set of nodes is performed as a second iteration that is separate from the first iteration.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first and second iterations are first and second iterations of one or more simulations of placing the first and second sets of containers, respectively, in the first set of nodes.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein placing the first set of containers in the first set of containers according to the first packing methodology includes:
placing one or more containers, of the first set of containers, into a first node of the first set of nodes in a sequence until the first node is unable to accommodate a next container in the sequence; and
placing the next container into a second node of the first set of nodes based on the first node being unable to accommodate the next container.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the sequence is a first sequence, wherein placing the second set of containers in the first set of containers according to the second packing methodology includes:
placing one or more containers, of the second set of containers, into the first node in a second sequence that is different from the first sequence.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein placing the second set of containers in the first set of containers according to the second packing methodology further includes:
placing the one or more containers, of the second set of containers, into the first node in the second sequence until the first node is unable to accommodate a next container in the second sequence; and
placing the next container, of the second sequence, into the second node of the first set of nodes based on the resources of the first node being unable to accommodate the next container of the second sequence.

15. A method, comprising:
placing, according to a first packing methodology, a first set of containers in a first set of nodes of a virtualized environment;
determining a first resource utilization of the first set of nodes based on the placement of the first set of containers in the first set of nodes according to the first packing methodology;
placing, according to a second packing methodology, a second set of containers in the first set of nodes;
determining a second resource utilization of the first set of nodes based on the placement of the second set of containers in the first set of nodes according to the second packing methodology;
comparing the first resource utilization to the second resource utilization;
selecting the first packing methodology based on the comparison of the first resource utilization to the second resource utilization;
receiving a request to place a third set of containers in a second set of nodes; and
placing t

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Freeman Eric
• Crespo Hector A Garcia
• Kapala Matthew
• Segner Brent D

Classifications

• G06F2009/4557

  Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F9/5077 Primary

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title