Virtual machine and volume allocation in hyperconverged infrastructure environment and storage system

A resource allocation system which determines allocation of at least one of a virtual machine, a container, or a volume in a system of a hyperconverged infrastructure environment, the resource allocation system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes, each node comprising:
• at least one of a virtual machine and a container serving as a storage controller which operates a storage operating system (OS) and controls an input/output (IO) for reading and writing of data to and from a volume serving as a data storage area;
• a computer resource comprising:
• a CPU configured to process data,
• a memory;
• and
• a storage device configured to store a program, control information and the data,
• wherein at least one node of the plurality of nodes comprises a management unit,
• wherein a fourth node of the plurality of nodes includes a first storage controller, a first volume, and a first drive, in which the first storage controller processes an IO request for the volume from the virtual machine and writes data to the first drive,
• wherein a fifth node of the plurality of nodes includes a second storage controller, a second volume, and a second drive, in which the second storage controller operates as a redundancy destination storage controller of the first storage controller, receives redundant data from the first storage controller, and writes redundant data to the second drive,
• wherein each of the plurality of nodes manages a computer resource configured to write the redundant data in addition to a use state of the computer resource shared by the virtual machine and the storage controller operating on each of the nodes, and
• wherein each node if the plurality of nodes calculates a first CPU amount used by a virtual machine or container, which operates as a newly created or moved candidate application,
• wherein each node calculates a second CPU amount used by the virtual machine or container which operates as the storage controller, based on the IO amount and redundancy scheme of the virtual machine or the container running as the application, and
• wherein the management unit determines, based on the first CPU amount and the second CPU amount, a node having the calculated storage area capacity of the storage device and a CPU amount equal to the sum of the first CPU amount and the second CPU amount an allocation destination node of a virtual machine, a container, or a volume without exceeding an upper limit of the computer resource of the allocation destination node.

A resource allocation system which determines allocation of at least one of a virtual machine, a container, or a volume in a system of a hyperconverged infrastructure environment, the resource allocation system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes, each node comprising:
• at least one of a virtual machine and a container serving as a storage controller which operates a storage operating system (OS) and controls and input/output (IO) for reading and writing of data to and from a volume serving as a data storage area;
• a computer resource comprising:
• a CPU configured to process data,
• a memory;
• and
• a storage device configured to store a program, control information and the data,
• wherein at least one node of the plurality of nodes comprises a management unit,
• wherein each node manages a redundancy configuration to perform redundancy of data in the plurality of nodes,
• each node causes the storage controller to perform data reading and writing control on a drive of a present node via the volume serving as the data storage area, and redundancy processing on a drive of another node based on the redundancy configuration, and
• each node manages a use state of the computer resource in consideration of the redundancy configuration, the computer resource being shared by the virtual machine and the storage controller operating on each of the nodes,
• wherein each node of the plurality of nodes calculates a first CPU amount used by a virtual machine or container, which operates as a newly created or moved candidate application,
• wherein each node of the plurality of nodes calculates a second CPU amount used by the virtual machine or container which operates as the storage controller, based on the IO amount and redundancy scheme of the virtual machine or the container running as the application, and
• wherein the management unit determines, based on the first CPU amount and the second CPU amount, a node having the calculated storage area capacity of the storage device and a CPU amount equal to the sum of the first CPU amount and the second CPU amount an allocation destination node of a virtual machine, a container, or a volume without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of the allocation destination node.