Methods and apparatus for SDI support for fast startup

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• determining, based upon one or more reservation tables stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, an initial set of resources for creating a composite node from one or more remote resources, wherein the one or more reservation tables include a generic reservation table and a specific reservation table;
• and
• creating the composite node using the initial set of resources, wherein the initial set of resources is a subset of resources to be allocated to the composite node.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by processing circuitry of a software-defined infrastructure (SDI) system, the instructions to cause a SDI manager component of the SDI system to:

• determine, based upon one or more reservation tables stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, an initial set of resources for creating a composite node from one or more remote resources, wherein the one or more reservation tables include a generic reservation table and a specific reservation table;
• and
• create the composite node using the initial set of resources, wherein the initial set of resources is a subset of resources to be allocated to the composite node.

A software-defined infrastructure (SDI) system, comprising:

• means for determining, based upon one or more reservation tables stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, an initial set of resources for creating a composite node from one or more remote resources, wherein the one or more reservation tables include a generic reservation table and a specific reservation table;
• and
• means for creating the composite node using the initial set of resources, wherein the initial set of resources is a subset of resources to be allocated to the composite node.