Resource manager

A system for managing the use of computing resources, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to:
• determine first computing usage metrics for a first resource group, the first resource group comprising one or more computing resource instances, the one or more computing resource instances comprising one or more virtual machines executing one or more infrastructure applications, wherein the first computing usage metrics are associated with usage of the one or more computing resource instances of the first resource group, wherein a user previously identified each computing resource instance associated with the first resource group;
• determine second computing usage metrics for a second resource group, the second resource group comprising one or more computing resource instances, the one or more computing resource instances comprising one or more virtual machines executing one or more infrastructure applications, wherein the second computing usage metrics are associated with usage of the one or more computing resource instances of the second resource group, wherein the user previously identified each computing resource instance associated with the second resource group;
• receive user-defined metrics from a user computing system, the user-defined metrics associated with the first resource group and the second resource group;
• determine a first calculated performance metric based, at least in part, on the user-defined metrics and the first computing usage metrics for the first resource group;
• determine a second calculated performance metric based, at least in part, on the user-defined metrics and the second computing usage metrics for the second resource group;
• determine whether operation of the first resource group provides an improvement over operation of the second resource group based, at least in part, on a comparison of the first calculated performance metric and the second calculated performance metric;
• and
• based on a determination that the first calculated performance metric indicates an improvement of the first resource group over the second resource group, automatically direct at least a portion of the processing for the second resource group to the first resource group,
• wherein the user-defined metrics reflect a number of processed tasks, the first computing metrics reflect a cost of processing at least a portion of computing tasks processed using the first resource group, and the second computing metrics reflect a cost of processing at least a portion of some of computing tasks processed using the second resource group.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, configure the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

• determining computing usage metrics for a first resource group, the first resource group comprising one or more computing resource instances, the one or more computing resource instances comprising one or more virtual machines executing one or more infrastructure applications, wherein the first computing usage metrics are associated with usage of the one or more computing resource instances of the first resource group, wherein a user previously identified each computing resource instance associated with the first resource group;
• determining second computing usage metrics for a second resource group, the second resource group comprising one or more computing resource instances, the one or more computing resource instances comprising one or more virtual machines executing one or more infrastructure applications, wherein the second computing usage metrics are associated with usage of the one or more computing resource instances of the second resource group wherein the user previously identified each computing resource instance associated with the second resource group;
• receiving user-defined metrics from a user computing system, the user-defined metrics associated with the first resource group and the second resource group;
• determining a first calculated performance metric based, at least in part, on the user-defined metrics and the first computing usage metrics for the first resource group;
• determining a second calculated performance metric based, at least in part, on the user-defined metrics and the second computing usage metrics for the second resource group;
• determining whether operation of the first resource group provides an improvement over operation of the second resource group based, at least in part, on a comparison of the first calculated performance metric and the second calculated performance metric;
• and
• based on a determination that the first calculated performance metric indicates an improvement of the first resource group over the second resource group, automatically directing at least a portion of the processing for the second resource group to the first resource group,
• wherein the user-defined metrics reflect a number of processed tasks, the first computing metrics reflect a cost of processing at least a portion of computing tasks processed using the first resource group, and the second computing metrics reflect a cost of processing at least a portion of some of computing tasks processed using the second resource group.