Method and system for controlling work request queue in a multi-tenant cloud computing environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8949839-B2
Application number	US-201213559278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2012
Priority date	Jul 26, 2012
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

Novel tools and techniques for controlling workloads in a multi-tenant environment. Some such tools provide a queue controller that can control workflow processing across systems, work (provisioning engines, computing clusters, and/or physical data centers. In an aspect, a queue controller can determine the status of each work request based on one or more attributes, such as the workflow type, the systems affected by (and/or involved with) the workflow, information about the tenant requesting the workflow, the job type, and/or the like. In another aspect, a queue controller can be policy-based, such that policies can be configured for one or more of these attributes, and the attribute(s) of an individual request can be analyzed against one or more applicable policies to determine the status of the request. Based on this status, the requested work can be scheduled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of processing incoming work requests in a multi-tenant cloud computing environment, the method comprising:
providing, with a computer, a policy-based queue controller to implement workflow controls to control workflow in the cloud computing environment, the workflow comprising all pending work requests received by the cloud computing environment at a particular time;
processing, with the policy-based queue controller, work requests against the clo…

Assignees

• Balasubramaniam Srinivasan
• Owens Jr Kenneth Robert
• Centurylink Ip Llc

Inventors

• Balasubramaniam Srinivasan
• Owens Jr Kenneth Robert

Classifications

• G06F9/5038 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/4881 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L63/12

  Electricity · mapped topic