US 2014/0229607 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OPTIMAL CLOUD CONFIGURATION IN BLACK-BOX ENVIRONMENTS TO ACHIEVE TARGET THROUGHPUT WITH BEST PRICE BASED ON PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY BENCHMARKING

Abstract

A method and system identifies a cloud configuration for deploying a software application. A performance of a target application and workload is characterized. A set of benchmark applications is then deployed into at least one target cloud infrastructure. The target infrastructure is characterized using the set of benchmarking applications. The performance of the target application is represented with a set of bins each corresponding to a resource subsystem of a virtual machine and a performance score that is required to deploy the target application and meet the target performance. The bins are filled with performance values for selected target virtual machines. Using the filled bins, a set of virtual machines needed to satisfy the target cloud infrastructure is determined. A recommendation is provided for the set of virtual machines to use in deploying the software application.

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Dependent claims

A method for identifying a cloud configuration for deploying a software application, the method comprising:

characterizing a performance of a target application and workload;
deploying a set of benchmark applications into at least one target cloud infrastructure;
characterizing the at least one target infrastructure using the set of benchmarking applications;
representing the performance with a set of bins each corresponding to a resource subsystem of a virtual machine and a performance score that is required to deploy the target application and meet the target performance;
filling the bins with performance values for selected target virtual machines;
using the filled bins, determining a set of virtual machines needed to satisfy the at least one target cloud infrastructure;
and,
providing a recommendation of the set of virtual machines to a user deploying the software application.

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A system for identifying a cloud configuration for deploying a software application, the system comprising:

a target application performance module adapted to characterize a performance of a target application;
a target cloud infrastructure performance module adapted to characterize a workload of the at least one target cloud infrastructure;
a cloud configuration determination module adapted to:
represent the performance with a set of bins each corresponding to a resource subsystem of a virtual machine and a performance score that is required to deploy the target application and performance,
fill the bins with performance values for a select target cloud infrastructure, and
using the filled bins, determine a set of virtual machines (VMs) needed to satisfy the target performance in the at least one target cloud infrastructure;
a user interface adapted to provide a recommendation for the set of virtual machines to a user deploying the software application;
and,
a processor adapted to execute the modules.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for identifying optimal cloud configuration in black-box environments to achieve target throughput with best price based on performance capability benchmarking

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System and method for identifying optimal cloud configuration in black-box environments to achieve target throughput with best price based on performance capability benchmarking

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Abstract

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