Virtual provisioning with implementation resource boundary awareness

A computer-implemented method for provisioning virtual resources, comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
• receiving a request to provision a virtual resource, the request indicating that the virtual resource is to be implemented at least in part with at least one implementation resource that is dedicated to a set of customers of a virtual resource provider, said at least one implementation resource incorporating at least one information barrier and being capable of at least partially implementing a plurality of virtual resources associated with a plurality of customers of the virtual resource provider behind said at least one information barrier;
• identifying a set of unallocated implementation resources dedicated to the set of customers and checking that the set of unallocated implementation resources includes said at least one implementation resource;
• and
• provisioning the virtual resource at least in part by allocating said at least one implementation resource to the virtual resource from the set of implementation resources dedicated to the set of customers thereby, at least in part, establishing said at least one information barrier between the set of customers and other customers of the virtual resource provider.

A computer-implemented method for provisioning virtual resources, comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
• maintaining a general implementation resource pool including at least one general implementation resource configured to at least partially implement a plurality of virtual resources associated with a plurality of customers of a virtual resource provider;
• maintaining a dedicated implementation resource pool including at least one dedicated implementation resource dedicated to a subset of the plurality of customers of the virtual resource provider;
• receiving a request to provision a virtual resource, the request associated with an implementation constraint specifying that the virtual resource be at least partially implemented with at least one implementation resource drawn from the dedicated implementation resource pool;
• and
• in response to the request, provisioning the virtual resource at least in part by allocating said at least one dedicated implementation resource to the virtual resource.

A computerized system for provisioning virtual resources, comprising:

• a plurality of implementation resources collectively capable of implementing a plurality of virtual resources associated with a plurality of customers of a virtual resource provider;
• a provisioning interface configured at least to enable the plurality of customers to make requests to provision virtual resources;
• and
• an implementation resource allocation component configured at least to track allocation of the plurality of implementation resources to the plurality of virtual resources and modify the allocation responsive to the requests including:
• dedicating at least one of the plurality of implementation resources to at least one customer of the plurality of customers, said at least one of the plurality of implementation resources incorporating at least one information barrier;
• and
• establishing said at least one information barrier between said at least one customer and other customers of the virtual resource provider at least in part by allocating said at least one of the plurality of implementation resources to at least one virtual resource requested by said at least one customer when the request indicates that said at least one virtual resource is to be implemented at least in part with implementation resources that are dedicated to said at least one customer.

One or more computer-readable media having collectively thereon computer-executable instructions that configure one or more computers to collectively, at least:

• maintain a plurality of implementation resource pools including at least one dedicated implementation resource pool that includes at least one implementation resource dedicated to at least one customer of a plurality of customers of a virtual resource provider, said at least one implementation resource incorporating at least one information barrier;
• receive a request to provision at least one virtual resource, the request associated with at least a first implementation constraint specifying that said at least one virtual resource be at least partially implemented with said at least one implementation resource in said at least one dedicated implementation resource pool;
• and
• in response to the request, provisioning said at least one virtual resource at least in part by allocating said at least one implementation resource to said at least one virtual resource thereby, at least in part, establishing said at least one information barrier between said at least one customer and other customers of the virtual resource provider.