Cloud application scaling framework

A system arranged for scaling computing resources for a plurality of network devices over a network, wherein at least one network device is operative to perform actions, comprising:

• a server device, comprising:
• a transceiver that is operative to communicate over the network;
• a memory that is operative to store at least instructions;
• and
• a processor device that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including:
• monitoring at least one performance metric for at least one critical path for at least one application instance, wherein the at least one performance metric is external to the at least one network device;
• monitoring at least one performance metric for at least one resource that is internal to the at least one network device;
• generating at least one application scaling score based on the at least one external performance metric and a determined application scaling threshold;
• generating at least one resource scaling score based on the at least one internal performance metric and a determined resource scaling threshold;
• if the at least one application scaling score exceeds the determined application scaling threshold, provisioning at least one additional application instance based on the at least one application scaling score;
• if the at least one resource scaling score exceeds the determined resource scaling threshold, scaling an allocation for the at least one resource based on the resource scaling score;
• and
• a client device, comprising:
• a transceiver that is operative to communicate over the network;
• a memory that is operative to store at least instructions;
• and
• a processor device that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including, at least monitoring and administering the actions performed by the server device.

A processor readable non-transitive storage media that includes instructions for scaling computing resources for a plurality of network devices over a network, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor device enables actions, comprising:

• monitoring at least one performance metric for at least one critical path for at least one application instance, wherein the at least one performance metric is external to the at least one network device;
• monitoring at least one performance metric for at least one resource that is internal to the at least one network device;
• generating at least one application scaling score based on the at least one external performance metric and a determined application scaling threshold;
• generating at least one resource scaling score based on the at least one internal performance metric and a determined resource scaling threshold;
• if the at least one application scaling score exceeds the determined application scaling threshold, provisioning at least one additional application instance based on the at least one application scaling score;
• and
• if the at least one resource scaling score exceeds the determined resource scaling threshold, scaling an allocation for the at least one resource based on the resource scaling score.