System and method of process placement recommendation based on inferred sustainability advantages for sustainable energy efficiency

1 . A method for placing a function based on sustainability values and telemetry, the method being further configured to reduce latency of inter-process communications between an audio process and a video process of the function, wherein the audio process manages audio for an online meeting application and the video process manages video for the online meeting application such that the audio process and the video process are mutually dependent on one another, the method comprising:

receiving a resource request at a sustainability engine, the resource request having a type;

accessing a historian, the historian comprising a database and a processor, wherein the historian is configured to store information related to previous placements, sustainability values, and telemetries of the previous placements, to determine whether a previous placement for the type of the resource request has been performed;

wherein the historian is configured to improve placement operations of placing functions for resource requests over time as additional information related to placements are added to the historian such that at least some subsequent placements can be performed based on the information stored in the historian,

wherein, when the previous placement is present in the historian for the type of the resource request, placing the function associated with the resource request according to the previous placement, where the function includes the audio process and the video process, which are mutually dependent on one another;

wherein, when the previous placement for the type is not present in the historian, identifying sustainability values for the resource request, wherein the sustainability values relate to carbon footprint, power consumption, and geo-placement, and wherein the sustainability values include inherited sustainability values including organizational sustainability values and individual sustainability values;

using a governance control plane to evaluate access rights of the resource requestor and to filter candidate resources that may be used to execute the function;

identifying placements for placing the function associated with the resource request based on an ability of the placements to provide computing resources and to fulfill the sustainability values, wherein each of the placements includes computing resources for performing the function, wherein the computing resources are selected to align with the sustainability values, and wherein the audio process and the video process of the function are both sensitive to latency relative to one another as a result of said mutual dependency, such that the identified placements for the function are required to account for potential latency that may exist between the inter-process communications that occur between the audio process and the video process;

determining telemetry and topology associated with the placements, wherein the telemetry includes metrics to determine whether the placements can satisfy a probable behavior of the function, wherein the topology identifies computing resources that are actually available at the placements, wherein determining the topology comprises using a topology control plane to detect availability in a heterogeneous computing environment including at least one of a datacenter, an edge system, or a cloud system, and wherein determining the telemetry comprises capturing at least one of CPU utilization, latency, or power draw metrics;

selecting a particular placement from the placements based on the telemetry, the topology and by performing a best fit match between a carbon footprint, a power consumption and a geo-placement of the particular placement to the sustainability values of the resource request, including performing a trade-off analysis that scores and ranks the placements against the sustainability values and telemetry metrics, wherein the particular placement that is selected is one that requires the audio process and the video process to be co-located in a same computing cluster so as to reduce or eliminate the potential latency that may exist between the inter-process communications of the audio process and the video process; and

deploying the function to the computing resources associated with the particular placement, wherein the function is executed in the computing resources associated with the particular placement, and recording in the historian an audit trail comprising the placement, the telemetry metrics, and the inputs used for placement for use in improving subsequent placement decisions, wherein deploying the function including deploying the audio process and the video process onto the same computing cluster such that both the audio process and the video process execute on the same computing cluster, thereby reducing the potential latency that may exist between the inter-process communications of the audio process and the video process.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising using secondary sources in selecting a particular placement, the secondary sources comprising information regarding network outages, weather, and/or movement of sources/destinations.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying resources accessible to the resource request based on a user.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining which of the resources are available to execute the function.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining a telemetry of the available resources.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising generating the placements.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the best fit analysis includes a tradeoff analysis, further comprising performing the tradeoff analysis on the placements.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the tradeoff analysis includes identifying placements that support execution of the function and meet target sustainability goals as primary recommendations, wherein placements that support the execution of the function and meet a subset of the target sustainability goals are included as secondary recommendations.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the sustainability values relate to power consumption, carbon footprint, alternative energy, placement based on energy source, power consumption through up-to-date product refresh, predicted carbon footprint, manufacturing footprint, recycled material use, and/or end of life impacts.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing information related to the placements, the sustainability values, and telemetries of the particular placement in a historian, wherein the historian is configured for generating an audit trail that includes all actions, decisions, calculations, inputs, and outputs impacting the placement of the function.

11 . A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions that are executable by one or more hardware processors to perform operations for placing a function based on sustainability values and telemetry, the operations further reducing latency of inter-process communications between an audio process and a video process of the function, wherein the audio process manages audio for an online meeting application and the video process manages video for the online meeting application such that the audio process and the video process are mutually dependent on one another, the operations comprising:

receiving a resource request at a sustainability engine, the resource request having a type;

accessing a historian, the historian comprising a database and a processor, wherein the historian is configured to store information related to previous placements, sustainability values, and telemetries of the previous placements, to determine whether a previous placement for the type of the resource request has been performed;

wherein the historian is configured to improve placement operations of placing functions for resource requests over time as additional information related to placements are added to the historian such that at least some subsequent placements can be performed based on the information stored in the historian,

wherein, when the previous placement is present in the historian for the type of the resource request, placing the function associated with the resource request according to the previous placement, where the function includes the audio process and the video process, which are mutually dependent on one another;

wherein, when the previous placement for the type is not present in the historian, identifying sustainability values for the resource request, wherein the sustainability values relate to carbon footprint, power consumption, and geo-placement, and wherein the sustainability values include inherited sustainability values including organizational sustainability values and individual sustainability values;

using a governance control plane to evaluate access rights of the resource requestor and to filter candidate resources that may be used to execute the function;

identifying placements for placing the function associated with the resource request based on an ability of the placements to provide computing resources and to fulfill the sustainability values, wherein each of the placements includes computing resources for performing the function, wherein the computing resources are selected to align with the sustainability values, and wherein the audio process and the video process of the function are both sensitive to latency relative to one another as a result of said mutual dependency, such that the identified placements for the function are required to account for potential latency that may exist between the inter-process communications that occur between the audio process and the video process;

determining telemetry and topology associated with the placements, wherein the telemetry includes metrics to determine whether the placements can satisfy a probable behavior of the function, wherein the topology identifies computing resources that are actually available at the placements, wherein determining the topology comprises using a topology control plane to detect availability in a heterogeneous computing environment including at least one of a datacenter, an edge system, or a cloud system, and wherein determining the telemetry comprises capturing at least one of CPU utilization, latency, or power draw metrics;

selecting a particular placement from the placements based on the telemetry, the topology and by performing a best fit match between a carbon footprint, a power consumption and a geo-placement of the particular placement to the sustainability values of the resource request, including performing a trade-off analysis that scores and ranks the placements against the sustainability values and telemetry metrics, wherein the particular placement that is selected is one that requires the audio process and the video process to be co-located in a same computing cluster so as to reduce or eliminate the potential latency that may exist between the inter-process communications of the audio process and the video process; and

deploying the function to the computing resources associated with the particular placement, wherein the function is executed in the computing resources associated with the particular placement, and recording in the historian an audit trail comprising the placement, the telemetry metrics, and the inputs used for placement for use in improving subsequent placement decisions, wherein deploying the function including deploying the audio process and the video process onto the same computing cluster such that both the audio process and the video process execute on the same computing cluster, thereby reducing the potential latency that may exist between the inter-process communications of the audio process and the video process.

12 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising using secondary sources in selecting a particular placement, the secondary sources comprising information regarding network outages, weather, and/or movement of sources/destinations.

13 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising identifying resources accessible to the resource request based on a user.

14 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising determining which of the resources are available to execute the function.

15 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising determining a telemetry of the available resources.

16 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising generating the placements.

17 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the best fit analysis includes a tradeoff analysis, further comprising performing the tradeoff analysis on the placements.

18 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the tradeoff analysis includes identifying placements that support execution of the function and meet target sustainability goals as primary recommendations, wherein placements that support the execution of the function and meet a subset of the target sustainability goals are includes as secondary recommendations.

19 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the sustainability values relate to power consumption, carbon footprint, alternative energy, placement based on energy source, power consumption through up-to-date product refresh, predicted carbon footprint, manufacturing footprint, recycled material use, and/or end of life impacts.

20 . The non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising storing information related to the placements, the sustainability values, and predicted telemetries of the particular placement in a historian, wherein the historian is configured for generating an audit trail that includes all actions, decisions, calculations, inputs, and outputs impacting the placement of the function.