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Optimizing provisioning workflows in cloud computing

US9250886B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Thomas H. Gnech · Eppelheim, DE
Regina Illner · Eppelheim, DE
Steffen Koenig · Heidelberg, DE
Oliver Petrik · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2012
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/50
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for optimizing provisioning workflows in cloud computing is provided. The method comprises determining a time coefficient for each resource type or aggregated resource types which define the installation time of a current workflow; accessing the current workflow and creating a tree topology based on the current workflow which defines serialized and parallelized provisioning steps; dividing the tree topology into independent sub-paths; determining a timing condition for an execution time of an optimized workflow; creating an optimized workflow template maintaining the timing condition by: selecting cheapest installation methods and cheapest resources; and reducing the parallelization of the tree topology; creating the optimized workflow by merging the optimized workflow template with data and the resource types of the current workflow.

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