Classifying infrastructure workloads using workload seeds
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a workload analysis operation. The workload analysis operation incudes receiving workload data from a data source; defining a plurality of workload seeds, each of the plurality of workload seeds defining a particular type of workload; and, identifying a particular infrastructure configuration using the workload data and the plurality of workload seeds.
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a workload analysis operation, comprising:
receiving workload data from a data source;
defining a plurality of workload seeds, each of the plurality of workload seeds defining a particular type of workload;
identifying a particular infrastructure configuration using the workload data and the plurality of workload seeds, the identifying the particular infrastructure configuration comprises computing distances between a plurality of infrastructure configurations and the plurality of workload seeds; and,
determining a workload seed closest to at least one of the plurality of infrastructure configurations.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
classifying the particular infrastructure configuration into a workload class.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the data source comprises at least one of an external unstructured data source and an internal data source.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
computing distances comprises arranging the plurality of infrastructure configurations within a particular vector space; and,
the determining the workload seed closest to the at least one of the plurality of infrastructure components comprises identifying an infrastructure configuration having a minimum distance between the infrastructure configuration and a workload seed of the plurality of workload seeds.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
identifying the particular infrastructure configuration comprises applying a rule to identify the particular infrastructure configuration.
6. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
receiving workload data from a data source;
defining a plurality of workload seeds, each of the plurality of workload seeds defining a particular type of workload;
identifying a particular infrastructure configuration using the workload data and the plurality of workload seeds, the identifying the particular infrastructure configuration comprises computing distances between a plurality of infrastructure configurations and the plurality of workload seeds; and,
determining a workload seed closest to at least one of the pluralities of infrastructure configurations;
establish preliminary associations between workload seeds and infrastructure configurations having shortest distances;
if workloads conform to platform parameter, finalize workload associations;
if workloads do not conform platform parameter, apply infrastructure configuration rules to change workload associations.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor are further configured for:
classifying the particular infrastructure configuration into a workload class.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the data source comprises at least one of an external unstructured data source and an internal data source.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
computing distances comprises arranging the plurality of infrastructure configurations within a particular vector space; and,
the determining the workload seed closest to the at least one of the plurality of infrastructure components comprises identifying an infrastructure configuration having a minimum distance between the infrastructure configuration and a workload seed of the plurality of workload seeds.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
identifying the particular infrastructure configuration comprises applying a rule to identify the particular infrastructure configuration.
11. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
receiving workload data from a data source;
defining a plurality of workload seeds, each of the plurality of workload seeds defining a particular type of workload;
identifying a particular infrastructure configuration using the workload data and the plurality of workload seeds, the identifying the particular infrastructure configuration comprises computing distances between a plurality of infrastructure configurations and the plurality of workload seeds; and,
determining a workload seed closest to at least one of the pluralities of infrastructure configurations;
establish preliminary associations between workload seeds and infrastructure configurations having shortest distances;
if workloads conform to platform parameter, finalize workload associations;
if workloads do not conform platform parameter, apply infrastructure configuration rules to change workload associations.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions are further configured for:
classifying the particular infrastructure configuration into a workload class.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the data source comprises at least one of an external unstructured data source and an internal data source.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions are further configured for:
computing distances comprises arranging the plurality of infrastructure configurations within a particular vector space; and,
the determining the workload seed closest to the at least one of the plurality of infrastructure components comprises identifying an infrastructure configuration having a minimum distance between the infrastructure configuration and a workload seed of the plurality of workload seeds.
15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
identifying the particular infrastructure configuration comprises applying a rule to identify the particular infrastructure configuration.
16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.
17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.