Software container replication using geographic location affinity in a distributed computing environment
US11429422B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes monitoring client requests to access software container instances hosted by container host devices of a geographically-distributed software container platform and identifying, for a given software container instance hosted by a first one of the container host devices, geographic clusters of the client requests. The method also includes calculating a network distance from a given one of the geographic clusters to each of at least a subset of the container host devices. The method further includes replicating the given software container instance in a second one of the container host devices responsive to determining that the calculated network distance from the given geographic cluster to the second container host device is at least a threshold amount less than the calculated network distance from the given geographic cluster to the first container host device.
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