System and method for creating, deploying, and administering distinct virtual computer networks

A method for managing a plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks comprising:

• storing in a memory device of a computer data grid a managing application adapting at least one grid processor to perform:
• providing a virtualization platform;
• providing a grid access security layer;
• providing a virtual computer network template system;
• providing a plurality of resource distribution tools;
• providing a plurality of monitoring and metering tools;
• creating a plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks, at least two of the separate and distinct virtual computer networks having different topologies;
• deploying the plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks;
• administering the plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks;
• hosting a plurality of virtual computer network subcomponents on a plurality of specially designed virtual machines;
• and
• modifying at least one virtual computer network subcomponent of the plurality independently of a virtual network subcomponent template the at least one virtual computer network subcomponent is based at least in part on:
• wherein at least one specially designed virtual machine, of the plurality, comprises:
• at least one soft point unique to the at least one specially designed virtual machine and including at least one of an internal grid network address, an external network address, a disk volume, an amount of RAM, a memory state, and a number of CPUs;
• and
• at least one hard point that includes data common across the at least one specially designed virtual machine and at least one other specially designed virtual machine of the plurality,
• wherein the at least one specially designed virtual machine is configured to have the at least one soft point stored in an isolated storage medium separate from the at least one specially designed virtual machine,
• wherein the method further comprises:
• making a subcomponent template modification to the at least one virtual computer network subcomponent template;
• pushing the subcomponent template modification to the at least one network subcomponent, based at least in part on the at least one virtual computer network subcomponent template;
• wherein the virtual computer network subcomponents of a first separate and distinct virtual computer network of the plurality are not codependent with the virtual computer network subcomponents of a second separate and distinct virtual computer network of the plurality;
• and
• wherein storage the at least one soft point in the isolated storage medium provides for the subcomponent template modification to modify at least one hard point, the specially designed virtual machines hosting the at least one virtual computer subcomponent, while maintaining the memory states of the specially designed virtual machines.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions configured to adapt an at least one grid processor to perform the method comprising:

• storing in a memory device of a computer data grid a managing application;
• providing a virtualization platform;
• providing a grid access security layer that includes an overarching firewall;
• providing a virtual computer network template system;
• providing a plurality of resource distribution tools;
• providing a plurality of monitoring and metering tools;
• creating a plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks, at least two of the separate and distinct virtual computer networks having different topologies;
• deploying the plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks;
• after creating the plurality of separate and distinct virtual computer networks, making a subcomponent template modification to at least one virtual computer network subcomponent template;
• pushing the subcomponent template modification to at least two network subcomponents each disposed in a different separate and distinct virtual computer network of the plurality and each created based at least in part on the virtual computer network subcomponent template prior to making the subcomponent template modification;
• modifying at least one of the at least two network subcomponents independently the virtual computer network subcomponent template that it is based at least in part on;
• and
• wherein the at least two network subcomponents are not codependent with each other.