Provisioning of computing resources for a workload

A computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving a set of provisioning requests in a computer data structure of a networked computing environment, wherein the provisioning requests relate to a workload request;
• identifying a set of provisioning operations for computing resources in the networked computing environment to perform the provisioning requests;
• determining, for each provisioning operation of the provisioning operations, a respective provisioning time, the respective provisioning time being an amount of time to provision a particular computing resource by completing one or more activities in order for the computing resource to be ready for job performance, wherein the determining the respective provisioning time for each provisioning operation provides a plurality of determined provisioning times
• selecting between:
• (i) determining an order for the provisioning requests based on the plurality of determined provisioning times, such that the provisioning operations of the set of provisioning operations complete at substantially a same time by rearranging the provisioning operations from an initial order on a request queue to the determined order, moving completion times of at least some of the provisioning operations to substantially the same time, the same time being a completion time of a fastest completing provisioning operation of the provisioning operations and (ii) leaving the provisioning requests in an order in which they are received, the selecting comprising:
• comparing a difference between a slowest determined provisioning time, of the plurality of determined provisioning times, and a fastest determined provisioning time, of the plurality of determined provisioning times to a given threshold amount of time;
• and
• based on the difference between the slowest determined provisioning time and the fastest determined provisioning time exceeding the threshold selecting to perform the determining of the order for the provisioning requests based on the plurality of determined provisioning times;
• and
• initiating execution of the provisioning requests based on the selecting.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
• receiving a set of provisioning requests in a computer data structure of a networked computing environment, wherein the provisioning requests relate to a workload request;
• identifying a set of provisioning operations for computing resources in the networked computing environment to perform the provisioning requests;
• determining, for each provisioning operation of the provisioning operations, a respective provisioning time, the respective provisioning time being an amount of time to provision a particular computing resource by completing one or more activities in order for the computing resource to be ready for job performance, wherein the determining the respective provisioning time for each provisioning operation provides a plurality of determined provisioning times;
• selecting between:
• (i) determining an order for the provisioning requests based on the plurality of determined provisioning times, such that the provisioning operations of the set of provisioning operations complete at substantially a same time by rearranging the provisioning operations from an initial order on a request queue to the determined order, moving completion times of at least some of the provisioning operations to substantially the same time, the same time being a completion time of a fastest completing provisioning operation of the provisioning operations and (ii) leaving the provisioning requests in an order in which they are received, the selecting comprising:
• comparing a difference between a slowest determined provisioning time, of the plurality of determined provisioning times, and a fastest determined provisioning time, of the plurality of determined provisioning times to a given threshold amount of time;
• and
• based on the difference between the slowest determined provisioning time and the fastest determined provisioning time exceeding the threshold selecting to perform the determining of the order for the provisioning requests based on the plurality of determined provisioning times;
• and
• initiating execution of the provisioning requests in the determined order based on the selecting.