Using diversity to provide redundancy of virtual machines

A method comprising:

• analyzing, by a processor that executes an orchestrator application, a virtual machine instantiation request to determine a redundancy requirement associated with a virtual machine requested by the virtual machine instantiation request;
• obtaining, by the processor, resource availability data that comprises diversity data, wherein the resource availability data indicates availability of resources;
• identifying, by the processor, a pool of resources that are capable of hosting the virtual machine;
• identifying, by the processor, a plurality of resources of the pool of resources, wherein the plurality of resources comprises a most diverse group of resources of the pool of resources, and wherein the plurality of resources is identified based upon the diversity data;
• and
• triggering, by the processor, instantiation of a plurality of virtual machines on the plurality of resources, wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises the virtual machine and a copy of the virtual machine.

A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• analyzing a virtual machine instantiation request to determine a redundancy requirement associated with a virtual machine requested by the virtual machine instantiation request;
• obtaining resource availability data that comprises diversity data, wherein the resource availability data indicates availability of resources;
• identifying a pool of resources that are capable of hosting the virtual machine;
• identifying a plurality of resources of the pool of resources, wherein the plurality of resources comprises a most diverse group of resources of the pool of resources, and wherein the plurality of resources is identified based upon the diversity data;
• and
• triggering instantiation of a plurality of virtual machines on the plurality of resources, wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises the virtual machine and a copy of the virtual machine.