DYNAMIC SERVER REBALANCING

1 . A method comprising:

obtaining, from a server rebalancing system via a network interface, an indication of a peripheral device available over the network interface for processing, the peripheral device located at a remote computing device;

issuing a request to access the peripheral device to the server rebalancing system over the network interface;

based on a response from the server rebalancing system, instantiate an emulated version of the peripheral device as a local device installed locally to a computing device by at least triggering an entry point process in a peripheral interconnect interface of the computing device that emulates a hardware plugging process for the peripheral device with the peripheral interconnect interface; and

issuing data traffic for processing by the peripheral device to the server rebalancing system via the network interface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

in a network stack of the computing device, exchanging data over the network interface;

in a local peripheral interconnect interface of the computing device, exchanging signals with local peripheral devices; and

emulating the peripheral device as the local device by at least interworking traffic for the peripheral device between the network stack and the local peripheral interconnect interface.

3 . The method of claim 2 , comprising:

emulating the peripheral device as the local device by at least:

intercepting traffic from the computing device for the peripheral device from the local peripheral interconnect interface;

interpreting the traffic from the computing device to convert from a native peripheral format into a packet format suitable for transfer over the network interface; and

routing the traffic from first computing device in the packet format over the network interface for delivery to the peripheral device.

4 . The method of claim 2 , comprising:

receiving peripheral device-originated traffic in a packet format from the server rebalancing system via the network interface; and

emulating the peripheral device as the local device by at least interpreting the peripheral device-originated traffic in the packet format to convert to a native peripheral format suitable for the local peripheral interconnect interface.

5 . The method of claim 2 , comprising:

emulating the peripheral device as the local device by at least emulating the hardware plugging process for the peripheral device with the local peripheral interconnect interface; and

providing address space descriptions to the local peripheral interconnect interface to access the peripheral device as a local peripheral device coupled to the first computing device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

in the server rebalancing system:

receiving the indication of the peripheral device available for processing located at the remote computing device;

receiving the request from the computing device to access the peripheral device;

based on the request, directing the computing device to emulate the peripheral device as the local device installed into the first computing device; and

routing data traffic from the computing device to the remote computing device for processing by the peripheral device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

in the remote computing device:

issuing, to the server rebalancing system, the indication that the peripheral device located at the remote computing device is available for processing;

receiving, from the server rebalancing system, a second indication that the peripheral device is assigned to the computing device;

receiving, from the server rebalancing system, the data traffic from the computing device for processing by the peripheral device; and

providing to the server rebalancing system a result of processing the data traffic by the peripheral device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

intercepting traffic to the peripheral interconnect interface for the emulated version of peripheral device issued by applications executed by the computing device;

translating the traffic into translated traffic comprising a network format suitable for the network interface; and

routing the translated traffic over a network stack to reach the peripheral device over the network interface instead of over the peripheral interconnect interface.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device, the remote computing device, and the server rebalancing system each communicate over corresponding network links.

10 . A system comprising:

a first computing device including a network interface, the first computing device configured to:

obtain, from a server rebalancing system via the network interface, an indication of a peripheral device available over the network interface for processing, the peripheral device located at a second computing device;

issue a request to access the peripheral device to the server rebalancing system over the network interface;

based on a response from the server rebalancing system, emulate the peripheral device as a local device installed into the first computing system; and

issue data traffic for processing by the peripheral device to the server rebalancing system via the network interface.

11 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

the first computing device further includes:

a network stack configured to exchange data over the network interface;

a local peripheral interconnect interface configured to exchange signals with local peripheral devices;

the first computing device configured to emulate the peripheral device as a local device, further including:

interwork traffic for the peripheral device between the network stack and the local peripheral interconnect interface.

12 . The system of claim 11 further comprising:

the first computing device configured to emulate the peripheral device as a local device, further including:

intercept traffic from the first computing device for the peripheral device from the local peripheral interconnect interface;

interpret the traffic from the first computing device to convert from a native peripheral format into a packet format suitable for transfer over the network interface; and

route the traffic from the first computing device in the packet format over the network interface for delivery to the peripheral device.

13 . The system of claim 11 comprising the first computing device further configured to:

receive peripheral device-originated traffic in a packet format from the server rebalancing system via the network interface; and

emulate the peripheral device as a local device, further including:

interpret the peripheral device-originated traffic in the packet format to convert to a native peripheral format suitable for the local peripheral interconnect interface.

14 . The system of claim 11 further comprising:

the first computing device configured to emulate the peripheral device as a local device, further including:

emulate a hardware plugging process for the peripheral device with the local peripheral interconnect interface;

provide address space descriptions to the local peripheral interconnect interface to access the peripheral device as a local peripheral device coupled to the first computing device.

15 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

the server rebalancing system, including a second network interface and a processor configured to:

receive, over the second network interface, the indication of the peripheral device available for processing located at the second computing device;

receive, over the second network interface, the request from the first computing device to access the peripheral device;

based on the request, direct the first computing device, via the second network interface, to emulate the peripheral device as a local device installed into the first computing device; and

route data traffic from the first computing device to the second computing device for processing by the peripheral device.

16 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

the second computing device including:

a third network interface;

the peripheral device;

the second computing device configured to:

issue, to the server rebalancing system over the third network interface, the indication that the peripheral device located at the second computing device is available for processing;

receive, from the server rebalancing system via the third network interface, a second indication that the peripheral device is assigned to the first computing device;

receive, from the server rebalancing system via the third network interface, the data traffic from the first computing device for processing by the peripheral device; and

provide, from the second computing device to the server rebalancing system via the third network interface, a result of processing the data traffic by the peripheral device.

17 . A method comprising:

issuing, from a first computing device to a server rebalancing system over a network interface, an indication that a peripheral device located at the first computing device is available for processing;

receiving, at the first computing device from the server rebalancing system via the network interface, a second indication that the peripheral device is assigned to a second computing device;

receiving, at the first computing device from the server rebalancing system via the network interface, data traffic from the second computing device for processing by the peripheral device; and

providing, from the first computing device via the network interface, a result of processing the data traffic by the peripheral device.

18 . The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving, at the first computing device, the data traffic in a packet format suitable for transfer over the network interface;

interpreting the data traffic in the packet format to convert to a native peripheral format suitable for the peripheral device;

processing the data traffic at the peripheral device;

interpreting the result of the processing from the native peripheral format to the packet format; and

providing the result to the server rebalancing system via the network interface in the packet format.

19 . The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving, at the server rebalancing system over the network interface, the indication of the peripheral device available for processing at a first computing device;

receiving, at the server rebalancing system over the network interface, a request from the second computing device to access the peripheral device;

based on the request, directing the second computing device, by the server rebalancing system via the network interface, to emulate the peripheral device as a local device installed into the second computing device; and

routing, via the server rebalancing system, data traffic from the second computing device to the first computing device for processing by the peripheral device.

20 . The method of claim 17 further comprising:

obtaining, at the second computing device from the server rebalancing system, the indication of the peripheral device available for processing;

issuing a request, from the second computing device to the server rebalancing system over the network interface, to access the peripheral device;

based on a response from the server rebalancing system at the second computing system, emulating the peripheral device as a local device installed into the second computing system; and

issuing the data traffic for processing by the peripheral device from the second computing system to the server rebalancing system via the network interface.