Placement of container workloads triggered by network traffic for efficient computing at network edge devices

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method comprising:

• receiving, from an edge node of a network at a workload orchestrator, a workload request in response to the edge node receiving a first packet associated with initiating a client-server session;
• selecting, by the workload orchestrator in response to receiving the workload request in response to receiving the first packet that is associated with initiating the client-server session, a list of a plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers in network nodes to process the client-server session, the list of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers arranged in an order of proximity to a client computing device that transmitted the first packet, wherein the list of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers is selected based a weighted blend of metric values comprising one or more of a processor load, storage usage, a memory availability, and a number of sessions;
• selecting, by the workload orchestrator, a selected server from among the list of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers in a plurality of network nodes, to process the client-server session based on a score assigned to each of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers, the workload orchestrator selecting the selected server with the highest score in the list;
• transmitting, by the workload orchestrator, the workload request to the selected server to create a workload to process the client-server session;
• and
• sending, by the workload orchestrator, data identifying the selected server to the edge node, wherein the edge node is operative to forward one or more other packets associated with the client-server session to the selected server bypassing the workload orchestrator, wherein the edge node stores the one or more other packets associated with the client-server session while waiting for the selected server to become known and forwards the one or more other packets associated with the client-server session to the selected server when the selected server becomes known.

A system comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory device, the processor being operative to:
• receive, from an edge node of a network, a workload request in response to the edge node receiving a first packet associated with initiating a client-server session;
• select, in response to receiving the workload request, a list of a plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers in network nodes to process the client-server session, the list of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers arranged in an order of proximity to a client computing device that transmitted the first packet, wherein the list of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers is selected based a weighted blend of metric values comprising one or more of a processor load, storage usage, a memory availability, and a number of sessions,
• select a selected server from among the list of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers in a plurality of network nodes, to process the client-server session based on a score assigned to each of the plurality of available geographically or logically distributed servers, the workload orchestrator selecting the selected server with the highest score in the list;
• transmit the workload request to the selected server to create a workload to process the client-server session;
• and
• send data identifying the selected server to the edge node, wherein the edge node is operative to forward one or more other packets associated with the client-server session to the selected server, wherein the edge node stores the one or more other packets associated with the client-server session while waiting for the selected server to become known and forwards the one or more other packets associated with the client-server session to the selected server when the selected server becomes known.