Server resource orchestration based on application priority

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by a first dispatcher instance included in a dispatching layer, a request to run a first task for a first application, the request including a first application priority, wherein the first dispatcher instance is configured to assign a first application server among a set of application servers to the first task for execution of the first task;
• identifying at least one second application priority of at least one currently running application, wherein the at least one second application priority is different than the first application priority, and wherein the second application priority is associated with a second dispatcher instance;
• determining a dispatching algorithm configured for the dispatching layer;
• executing the dispatching algorithm, by the first dispatcher instance, to dispatch the first task to the first application server based on the first application priority and the at least one second application priority, wherein the dispatching includes balancing resources used by the first application and the at least one currently running application according to the dispatching algorithm and based on the first application priority and the at least one second application priority, wherein balancing includes assigning first resources to the first application;
• and
• returning, in response to the request, destination information for the first application server, for execution of the first task for the first application, at the first application server, using the first resources.

A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory storage medium, the product comprising non-transitory, computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a first dispatcher instance included in a dispatching layer, a request to run a first task for a first application, the request including a first application priority, wherein the first dispatcher instance is configured to assign a first application server among a set of application servers to the first task for execution of the first task;
• identifying at least one second application priority of at least one currently running application, wherein the at least one second application priority is different than the first application priority, and wherein the second application priority is associated with a second dispatcher instance;
• determining a dispatching algorithm configured for the dispatching layer;
• executing the dispatching algorithm, by the first dispatcher instance, to dispatch the first task to the first application server based on the first application priority and the at least one second application priority, wherein the dispatching includes balancing resources used by the first application and the at least one currently running application according to the dispatching algorithm and based on the first application priority and the at least one second application priority, wherein balancing includes assigning first resources to the first application;
• and
• returning, in response to the request, destination information for the first application server, for execution of the first task for the first application, at the first application server, using the first resources.