Hybrid cloud resource scheduling

1. A computer-implemented method of placing a virtual computing instance among a plurality of datacenters, comprising:

comparing constraints specified for the virtual computing instance against resource metrics obtained from the plurality of datacenters, and a budget specified for the virtual computing instance against admission prices for a plurality of tiers of the plurality of datacenters, to generate a candidate set of datacenters, wherein the tiers of the datacenters are assigned with different types of datacenters as specified in a tier list;

scoring the candidate set of datacenters;

queuing placement of the virtual computing instance in a queue;

relaxing at least one of the constraints specified for the virtual computing instance based on time spent in the queue and a priority assigned to the virtual computing instance; and

deploying the virtual computing instance to a target datacenter selected from the candidate set of datacenters that satisfies a threshold score.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of tiers is associated with a cost to deploy the virtual computing instance.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of tiers is associated with a logical group of the plurality of datacenters.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the admission prices for the plurality of tiers over time.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising updating the admission prices for the plurality of tiers according to resource usage among the plurality of datacenters.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein queuing placement of the virtual computing instance comprises queuing placement of the virtual computing instance at a first time;

wherein the step of deploying the virtual computing instance occurs at a second time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of deploying the virtual computing instance comprises:

executing the virtual computing instance on at least one host of the target datacenter.

8. A computing system configured to communicate with a plurality of datacenters, comprising:

a memory configured to store code; and

a processor configured to execute the code to implement a resource scheduler, the resource configured to:

compare constraints specified for a virtual computing instance against resource metrics obtained from the plurality of datacenters, and a budget specified for the virtual computing instance against admission prices for a plurality of tiers of the plurality of datacenters, to generate a candidate set of datacenters, wherein the tiers of the datacenters are assigned with different types of datacenters as specified in a tier list;

score the candidate set of datacenters;

queue placement of the virtual computing instance in a queue;

relax at least one of the constraints specified for the virtual computing instance based on time spent in the queue and a priority assigned to the virtual computing instance; and

deploy the virtual computing instance to a target datacenter selected from the candidate set of datacenters that satisfies a threshold score.

9. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of tiers is associated with a cost to deploy the virtual computing instance.

10. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of tiers is associated with a logical group of the plurality of datacenters.

11. The computing system of claim 8 , further comprising updating the admission prices for the plurality of tiers over time.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , further comprising updating the admission prices for the plurality of tiers according to resource usage among the plurality of datacenters.

13. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the resource scheduler is further configured to:

queue placement of the virtual computing instance at a first time;

wherein the resource scheduler is configured to deploy the virtual computing instance occurs at a second time.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed in a computer system, causes the computer system to carry out a method of placing a virtual computing instance among a plurality of datacenters, comprising:

comparing constraints specified for the virtual computing instance against resource metrics obtained from the plurality of datacenters, and a budget specified for the virtual computing instance against admission prices for a plurality of tiers of the plurality of datacenters, to generate a candidate set of datacenters, wherein the tiers of the datacenters are assigned with different types of datacenters as specified in a tier list;

scoring the candidate set of datacenters;

queuing placement of the virtual computing instance in a queue;

relaxing at least one of the constraints specified for the virtual computing instance based on time spent in the queue and a priority assigned to the virtual computing instance; and

deploying the virtual computing instance to a target datacenter selected from the candidate set of datacenters that satisfies a threshold score.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the plurality of tiers is associated with a cost to deploy the virtual computing instance.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 ,

wherein queuing placement of the virtual computing instance comprises queuing placement of the virtual computing instance at a first time;

wherein the step of deploying the virtual computing instance occurs at a second time.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the step of deploying the virtual computing instance comprises:

executing the virtual computing instance on at least one host of the target datacenter.