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Application placement through multiple allocation domain agents and flexible cloud scheduler framework

US9800465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 2014
Grant dateOct 24, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/783
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for operating a cloud computing infrastructure. In one embodiment, the system and method performs allocation domain modeling and provides a cloud scheduler framework that takes as input desired optimization objectives and the workload constraints and efficiently produces a placement solution that satisfies the constraints while optimizing the objectives in a way that adjusts itself depending on the objectives. As the objectives change, e.g., due to actions from system administrators or due to changes in business policies, the system optimizes itself accordingly and still produces efficient and optimized placement solutions. The system and method constructs an Allocation Domain (AD) that is a particular facet for allocating a logical entity to a physical entity. An AD is created using: variables, functional definitions (functions of variables), and a policy specification that includes a Boolean expression (of the functional definitions).

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