Method and system for provisioning application on physical machines using operating system containers

A system for provisioning an application on one or more physical machines by use of operating system (OS) containers to resolve OS process overheads, said system comprising:

• one or more processors in a server configured to:
• receive a first set of parameters and service level agreements (SLAs) of said application from a requestor-computing device, wherein said SLAs include at least a first provision time of said application;
• extract a second set of parameters of each of said one or more physical machines from a database server;
• and
• for each physical machine in said one or more physical machines:
• determine an optimal count of OS containers, based on at least one of said first set of parameters of said application and said second set of parameters of said each physical machine, wherein at least a plurality of said determined count of OS containers are deployed in parallel in said each physical machine;
• and
• provision said application on said each physical machine based on at least said plurality of said determined count of OS containers such that a second provision time of said application is less or equal to said first provision time.

A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program code for provisioning an application on one or more physical machines by use of operating system (OS) containers to resolve OS process overheads, wherein the computer program code is executable by one or more processors in a server to:

• receive a first set of parameters and service level agreements (SLAs) of said application from a requestor-computing device, wherein said SLAs include at least a first provision time of said application;
• extract a second set of parameters of each of said one or more physical machines from a database server;
• and
• for each physical machine in said one or more physical machines:
• determine an optimal count of OS containers, based at least on one of said first set of parameters of said application, and said second set of parameters of said each physical machine, wherein at least a plurality of said determined count of OS containers are deployed in parallel in said each physical machine;
• and
• provision, said application on said each physical machine based on at least said plurality of said determined count of OS containers such that a second provision time of said application is less or equal to said first provision time.