Managing hybrid cloud placement policies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016057073-A1
Application number	US-201414467208-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 25, 2014
Priority date	Aug 25, 2014
Publication date	Feb 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Placing an application on a private portion and a public portion of a hybrid computing environment for processing. An application may be received for placement and processing. A primary processing objective and a split preference of the application may be determined. The split preference indicates whether the application can be processed using one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment. The application may be placed on one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing, based on the primary processing objective and based on the split preference.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for deploying an application on a private portion and a public portion of a hybrid computing environment for processing, comprising:
receiving the application; determining a primary processing objective and a set of user-defined constraints for processing the application; and deploying the application on one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing, based on the primary processing objective and the set of user-defined constraints.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application includes a pattern, the pattern comprising a set of virtual machines.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of user-defined constraints includes a split preference of the application, the split preference indicating whether the application can be processed using one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary processing objective of the application includes at least one of:
minimizing a rejection rate for processing the application; minimizing a cost factor associated with processing the application; and maximizing utilization of the private portion of the hybrid computing environment.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the split preference requires that elements of the application be processed by either the public portion or by the private portion of the hybrid computing environment.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more elements of the application are constrained elements requiring the constrained elements to be processed by the private portion of the hybrid computing environment.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the primary processing objective includes minimizing the rejection rate for processing the application, and the method further comprises:
selecting a set of processing nodes of one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing of the application, according to a reservation policy.

8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the primary processing objective includes minimizing the cost factor associated with processing the application, and the method further comprises:
selecting a set of processing nodes of one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing of the application, based on an extended biased sampling algorithm.

9 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the primary processing objective includes maximizing utilization of the private portion of the hybrid computing environment, and the method further comprises:
selecting a set of processing nodes of one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing of the application, based on a private portion placement policy.

10 . A computer system for deploying an application on a private portion and a public portion of a hybrid computing environment for processing, comprising:
a computer device having a processor and a tangible storage device; and a program embodied on the storage device for execution by the processor, the program having a plurality of program modules, the program modules including: a receiving module configured to receive the application from a user; a determining module configured to determine a primary processing objective and a set of user-defined constraints for processing the application; and a deploying module configured to deploy the application on one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing, based on the primary processing objective and based on the split preference.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the set of user-defined constraints includes a split preference of the application, the split preference indicating whether the application can be processed using one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the primary processing objective of the application includes at least one of:
minimizing a rejection rate for processing the application; minimizing a cost factor associated with processing the application; and maximizing utilization of the private portion of the hybrid computing environment.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the split preference requires that elements of the application be processed by either the public portion or the private portion of the hybrid computing environment.

14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the primary processing objective includes minimizing the rejection rate for processing the application, and the program modules further comprise:
a selecting module configured to select a set of processing nodes of one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing of the application, according to a reservation policy.

15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the primary processing objective includes minimizing the cost factor associated with processing the application, and the program modules further comprise:
a selecting module configured to select a set of processing nodes of one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing of the application, based on an extended biased sampling algorithm.

16 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the primary processing objective includes maximizing utilization of the private portion of the hybrid computing environment, and the program modules further comprise:
a selecting module configured to select a set of processing nodes of one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing of the application, based on a private portion placement policy.

17 . A computer program product for deploying an application on a private portion and a public portion of a hybrid computing environment for processing, comprising a tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method comprising:
receiving the application, by the processor; determining, by the processor, a primary processing objective and a set of user-defined constraints for processing the application; and deploying the application, by the processor, on one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing, based on the primary processing objective and based on the user-defined constraints.

18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the application includes a pattern, the pattern comprising a set of virtual machines.

19 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the set of user-defined constraints includes a split preference of the application, the split preference indicating whether the application can be processed using one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment.

20 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the primary processing objective of the application includes one of:
minimizing a rejection rate for processing the application; minimizing a cost factor associated with processing the application; and maximizing utilization of the private portion of the hybrid computing environment.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Steinder Malgorzata
• Unuvar Merve

Classifications

• H04L47/72 Primary

  using reservation actions during connection setup · CPC title

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• H04L41/0893

  Assignment of logical groups to network elements · CPC title