Processing platform with independent definition and mutual enforcement of operational and application policies

A method comprising:

• implementing multi-layer infrastructure comprising compute, storage and network resources at a relatively low level of the multi-layer infrastructure and a plurality of upper layers overlying the relatively low level;
• the upper layers overlying the relatively low level comprising at least an application layer at a relatively high level of the multi-layer infrastructure and one or more additional upper layers underlying the application layer;
• determining a plurality of operational policies for respective different ones of the layers of the multi-layer infrastructure other than the application layer, the operational policies defining operational rules and requirements relating to the corresponding layers of the multi-layer infrastructure;
• determining an application policy for the application layer, the application policy defining application workload rules and requirements for an application to be executed in the multi-layer infrastructure;
• and
• managing the multi-layer infrastructure in accordance with the operational policies and the application policy;
• wherein the operational policies are defined independently of the application policy but mutually enforced with the application policy in conjunction with execution of the application in the multi-layer infrastructure of the processing platform;
• and
• wherein the method is performed in at least one processing platform comprising a plurality of processing devices each comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing platform comprising a plurality of processing devices causes the processing platform:

• to implement multi-layer infrastructure comprising compute, storage and network resources at a relatively low level of the multi-layer infrastructure and a plurality of upper layers overlying the relatively low level;
• the upper layers overlying the relatively low level comprising at least an application layer at a relatively high level of the multi-layer infrastructure and one or more additional upper layers underlying the application layer;
• to determine a plurality of operational policies for respective different ones of the layers of the multi-layer infrastructure other than the application layer, the operational policies defining operational rules and requirements relating to the corresponding layers of the multi-layer infrastructure;
• to determine an application policy for the application layer, the application policy defining application workload rules and requirements for an application to be executed in the multi-layer infrastructure;
• and
• to manage the multi-layer infrastructure in accordance with the operational policies and the application policy;
• wherein the operational policies are defined independently of the application policy but mutually enforced with the application policy in conjunction with execution of the application in the multi-layer infrastructure of the processing platform.