Method and system for modeling and analyzing computing resource requirements of software applications in a shared and distributed computing environment

A method, comprising:

• managing, via an application manager, a plurality of applications in a distributed computing environment;
• receiving, at the application manager, a service specification for a first application of the plurality of applications, wherein the service specification defines a plurality of computing resources used to execute the first application;
• requesting, via the application manager, the plurality of computing resources from a resource supply manager of the distributed computing environment, Wherein the resource supply manager determines availability of the plurality of computing resources in accordance with resource allocation policies and allocates computing resources to the application manager;
• managing, via the application manager, allocation of the plurality of computing resources to the first application;
• and
• deploying and managing instances of portions of the first application on the allocated plurality of computing resources via the application manager.

Tangible, non-transitory, and computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions, that when executed, are configured to cause one or more processors to:

• implement an application manager that is configured to manage a plurality of applications by:
• receiving a service specification for an application of the plurality of applications in a distributed computing environment, wherein the service specification defines a plurality of computing resources used to execute the application;
• and
• requesting the plurality of computing resources out of a plurality of potential computing resources that includes the plurality of computing resources;
• and
• implement a resource supply manager that is configured to manage the plurality of potential computing resources in the distributed computing environment by:
• receiving the request from the application manager;
• responsive to the request, determining availability of the plurality of potential computing resources within the distributed computing environment according to resource allocation policies;
• and
• allocating the plurality of computing resources to the application manager, wherein the application manager is configured to manage allocation of the plurality of computing resources to the application.