Using a concentration risk of a computing resource to define affinity and anti-affinity workloads

A method, comprising:

• monitoring a pool of shared computing resources, wherein each computing resource within the pool of shared computing resources is capable of being allocated dynamically in order to support one or more applications;
• determining a concentration risk associated with a first computing resource of the pool of shared computing resources, the concentration risk based on an extent to which the one or more applications have upstream or downstream dependencies on the first computing resource, the concentration risk comprises a first level risk weighted by a first weighting factor plus a second level risk weighted by a second weighting factor, the first level risk based on the extent to which the one or more applications have the upstream or downstream dependencies on the first computing resource and the second level risk based on the extent to which the one or more applications have upstream or downstream dependencies on a second computing resource of the pool of shared computing resources;
• and
• performing an action in response to determining that the concentration risk exceeds a threshold, wherein the action comprises communicating a notification to a system operator and/or initiating a remediation step configured to reduce the concentration risk associated with the first computing resource.

A non-transitory medium comprising logic that, when executed by processing circuitry, is operable to:

• monitor a pool of shared computing resources, wherein each computing resource within the pool of shared computing resources is capable of being allocated dynamically in order to support one or more applications;
• determine a concentration risk associated with a first computing resource of the pool of shared computing resources, the concentration risk based on an extent to which the one or more applications have upstream or downstream dependencies on the first computing resource, the concentration risk comprises a first level risk weighted by a first weighting factor plus a second level risk weighted by a second weighting factor, the first level risk based on the extent to which the one or more applications have the upstream or downstream dependencies on the first computing resource and the second level risk based on the extent to which the one or more applications have upstream or downstream dependencies on a second computing resource of the pool of shared computing resources;
• and
• perform an action in response to determining that the concentration risk exceeds a threshold, wherein the action comprises communicating a notification to a system operator and/or initiating a remediation step configured to reduce the concentration risk associated with the first computing resource.