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Granted Patent B2
US 10,757,035 · App. 16/027,920 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Provisioning cloud resources

Inventors: James Michael Ferris (Cary, NC); Gerry Edward Riveros (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,757,035
App. No.
16/027,920
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example cloud resource provisioning method comprises: receiving a cloud resource usage data identifying a first cloud resource consumed, a first usage level associated with the first cloud resource, a second cloud resource consumed, and a second usage level associated with the second cloud resource; identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource; and causing, in view of the analyzing, the first cloud resource to be provisioned at least at the first usage level and the second cloud resource to be provisioned at a reduced usage level below the second usage level.

Claims (42)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a cloud resource usage data identifying a first cloud resource consumed, a first usage level associated with the first cloud resource, a second cloud resource consumed, and a second usage level associated with the second cloud resource;

identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource; and

causing, in view of the identifying, the first cloud resource to be provisioned at least at the first usage level and the second cloud resource to be provisioned at a reduced usage level below the second usage level.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deploying the first cloud resource and the second cloud resource.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cloud and second cloud are independently operated.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource further comprises:

analyzing the first cloud resource and the second cloud resource in view of at least one factor selected from the set including: memory, processing capability, communication bandwidth, uptime, operating system version, and past resource monitoring data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource further comprises:

receiving, via a user interface, a first importance indicator associated with the first cloud resource and a second importance indicator associated with the second cloud resource.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource further comprises:

determining a predicted future usage level of the first cloud resource in view of the cloud resource usage data; and

determining, in view of the predicted future usage level, a first importance indicator associated with the first cloud resource.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first importance indicator comprises a utilization metric for the first cloud resource.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cloud resource and the second cloud resource are being used by an application.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cloud resource comprises at least one of: a hardware resource or a software resource.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the first cloud resource and the second cloud resource to be provisioned further comprises:

identifying a deployment architecture having available capacity of the first cloud resource exceeding the first usage level, the deployment architecture further having available capacity of the second cloud resource below the second usage level.

11. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, to:

receive a cloud resource usage data identifying a first cloud resource consumed, a first usage level associated with the first cloud resource, a second cloud resource consumed, and a second usage level associated with the second cloud resource;

identify a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource; and

cause, in view of the identifying, the first cloud resource to be provisioned at least at the first usage level and the second cloud resource to be provisioned at a reduced usage level below the second usage level.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further to:

deploy the first cloud resource and the second cloud resource.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource further comprises:

analyzing the first cloud resource and the second cloud resource in view of at least one factor selected from the set including: memory, processing capability, communication bandwidth, uptime, operating system version, and past resource monitoring data.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein identifying a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource further comprises:

determining a predicted future usage level of the first cloud resource in view of the cloud resource usage data; and

determining, in view of the predicted future usage level, a first importance indicator associated with the first cloud resource.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first importance indicator comprises a utilization metric for the first cloud resource.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first cloud resource comprises at least one of: a hardware resource or a software resource.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further to:

identify a deployment architecture having available capacity of the first cloud resource exceeding the first usage level, the deployment architecture further having available capacity of the second cloud resource below the second usage level.

18. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a cloud resource usage data identifying a first cloud resource consumed, a first usage level associated with the first cloud resource, a second cloud resource consumed, and a second usage level associated with the second cloud resource;

identify a preference for the first cloud resource over the second cloud resource; and

cause, in view of the identifying, the first cloud resource to be provisioned at least at the first usage level and the second cloud resource to be provisioned at a reduced usage level below the second usage level.

19. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the first cloud resource comprises at least one of: a hardware resource or a software resource.

20. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 18 , further comprising executable instructions causing the processor to:

identify a deployment architecture having available capacity of the first cloud resource exceeding the first usage level, the deployment architecture further having available capacity of the second cloud resource below the second usage level.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2018
From: FERRIS, JAMES MICHAEL; RIVEROS, GERRY EDWARD
To: RED HAT, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 15236689 · Aug 15, 2016
Continuation 13942268 · Jul 15, 2013
Division 12790366 · May 28, 2010
Related Publication 20180316621A1 · Nov 1, 2018
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