Service location management in computing systems

#Remote or “cloud” computing typically utilizes a collection of remote servers in datacenters to provide computing, data storage, electronic communications, or other cloud services. The remote servers can be interconnected by computer networks to form a computing fabric organized as one or more computing clusters. During operation, multiple remote servers or computing clusters can cooperate to provide a distributed computing environment that facilitates execution of user applications to provide cloud services.

#This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.

#Certain cloud services prefer to be physically close to one another due to communication latency, performance, or other suitable considerations. For example, two virtual machines would prefer to be close by to exchange data for processing. Such placement preferences are typically associated with a common service controller managing similar services. For instance, an application that deploys two virtual machines can specify that the two virtual machines be hosted on a single server, within a particular network delay distance, or in a single failure domain. A virtual machine controller can then allocate and deploy the virtual machines according to the specification of the application.

#FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cloud computing system implementing service location management in accordance with embodiments of the disclosed technology.

#FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram illustrating a computing facility suitable for the cloud computing system in FIG. 1 in accordance with embodiments of the disclosed technology.

#FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram illustrating certain hardware/software components of the computing facility in FIG. 2A in accordance with embodiments of the disclosed technology.

#Certain embodiments of computing systems, devices, components, modules, routines, and processes for facilitating service location management in cloud computing systems are described below. In the following description, specific details of components are included to provide a thorough understanding of certain embodiments of the disclosed technology. A person skilled in the relevant art can also understand that the disclosed technology may have additional embodiments or may be practiced without several of the details of the embodiments described below with reference to FIGS. 1-6.

#As used herein, the term “cloud computing system” or “cloud” generally refers to a computer system configured to provide various cloud computing services via a computer network. A cloud computing system can include multiple “computing facilities” or “cloud facilities” interconnected by a computer network such as a wide area network or the Internet. In certain embodiments, the computing facilities can include datacenters each sited in different physical locations. For example, datacenters can be located in distinct city blocks, cities, states, metropolitan areas, countries, regions, continents, or other suitable boundaries. In other embodiments, the computing facilities can also include computing clusters, failure domains, or other suitable physical and/or logical division of a datacenter. In further embodiments, a computing facility can also include a group of datacenters in a geological location.

#In certain embodiments, a computing facility can include a computer network containing network devices interconnecting remote servers or hosts to one another and/or to external networks (e.g., the Internet). For example, a computing facility can include multiple containers, racks, or other suitable enclosures each holding multiple servers. The term “network device” generally refers to a network communications component. Example network devices include routers, switches, hubs, bridges, load balancers, security gateways, or firewalls. A “host” generally refers to a computing device configured to implement one or more virtual machines, virtual routers, virtual gateways, or other suitable virtualized computing components. For example, a host can include a computing server having a hypervisor configured to support one or more virtual machines.