Auto-scaling software-defined monitoring platform for software-defined networking service assurance
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to an auto-scaling software-defined monitoring (“SDM”) platform for software-defined networking (“SDN”) service assurance. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an SDM controller can monitor event data associated with a network event that occurred within a virtualized IP SDN network that is monitored by a virtualized SDM resources platform. The SDM controller can measure, based upon the event data, a quality of service (“QoS”) performance metric associated with the virtualized SDM resource platform. The SDN controller can determine, based upon the QoS performance metric, whether an auto-scaling operation is to be performed. The auto-scaling operation can include reconfiguring the virtualized SDM resources platform by adding virtual machine capacity for supporting event management tasks either by instantiating a new virtual machine or by migrating an existing virtual machine to a new hardware host.
1. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a software-defined monitoring platform, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring event data associated with a network event that occurred within a virtualized IP software-defined networking network that is monitored by a virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform, wherein the software-defined monitoring platform comprises the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform;
measuring, based upon the event data associated with the network event, a quality of service performance metric associated with the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform, wherein the quality of service performance metric comprises an event packet loss metric that reflects a network event processing throughput for each event processor in the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform;
determining, based upon the event packet loss metric of the quality of service performance metric, that an auto-scaling operation is to be performed on the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network, wherein the auto-scaling operation comprises reconfiguration of the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network; and
in response to determining that the auto-scaling operation is to be performed, reconfiguring the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network by adding virtual machine capacity for supporting event management tasks.
2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the network event processing throughput occurs over a measured time period and is determined via a number of network events being successfully processed through network input and output of each event processor within the measured time period.
3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein determining that the auto-scaling operation is to be performed comprises determining that the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform has been degraded.
4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein determining that the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform has been degraded comprises determining that the event packet loss metric that reflects the network event processing throughput is below a threshold value.
5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein adding the virtual machine capacity for supporting the event management tasks comprises instantiating a new virtual machine for supporting the event management tasks on the software-defined monitoring platform.
6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an alert directed to a software-defined network controller to notify the software-defined network controller of the new virtual machine to be instantiated for supporting the event management tasks on the software-defined monitoring platform.
7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein adding the virtual machine capacity for supporting event management tasks comprises migrating a virtual machine for the software-defined monitoring platform to a new hardware host.
8. A method comprising:
monitoring, by a processor executing within a software-defined monitoring platform, event data associated with a network event that occurred within a virtualized IP software-defined networking network that is monitored by a virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform, wherein the software-defined monitoring platform comprises the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform;
measuring, by the processor based upon the event data associated with the network event, a quality of service performance metric associated with the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform, wherein the quality of service performance metric comprises an event packet loss metric that reflects a network event processing throughput for each event processor in the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform;
determining, by the processor based upon the event packet loss metric of the quality of service performance metric, that an auto-scaling operation is to be performed on the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network; wherein the auto-scaling operation comprises reconfiguration of the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network; and
in response to determining that the auto-scaling operation is to be performed, reconfiguring, by the processor executing within the software-defined monitoring platform, the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network by adding virtual machine capacity for supporting event management tasks.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the network event processing throughput occurs over a measured time period and is determined via a number of network events being successfully processed through network input and output of each event processor within the measured time period.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining that the auto-scaling operation is to be performed comprises determining that the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform has been degraded.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform has been degraded comprises determining that the event packet loss metric that reflects the network event processing throughput is below a threshold value.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein adding the virtual machine capacity for supporting the event management tasks comprises instantiating a new virtual machine for supporting the event management tasks on the software-defined monitoring platform.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising generating an alert directed to a software-defined network controller to notify the software-defined network controller of the new virtual machine to be instantiated for supporting the event management tasks on the software-defined monitoring platform.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein adding the virtual machine capacity for supporting the event management tasks comprises migrating a virtual machine for the software-defined monitoring platform to a new hardware host.
15. A system comprising:
a processor; and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring event data associated with a network event that occurred within a virtualized IP software-defined networking network that is monitored by a virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform, wherein the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform is comprised within a software-defined monitoring platform,
measuring, based upon the event data associated with the network event, a quality of service performance metric associated with the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform, wherein the quality of service performance metric comprises an event packet loss metric that reflects a network event processing throughput for each event processor in the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform,
determining, based upon the event packet loss metric of the quality of service performance metric, that an auto-scaling operation is to be performed on the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network, wherein the auto-scaling operation comprises reconfiguration of the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network, and
in response to determining that the auto-scaling operation is to be performed, reconfiguring the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform that monitors the virtualized IP software-defined networking network by adding virtual machine capacity for supporting event management tasks on the software-defined monitoring platform.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the network event processing throughput occurs over a measured time period and is determined via a number of network events being successfully processed through network input and output of each event processor within the measured time period.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein determining that the auto-scaling operation is to be performed comprises determining that the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform has been degraded.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein determining that the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform has been degraded comprises determining that the event packet loss metric that reflects the event processing throughput is below a threshold value.