Prioritizing applications for diagonal scaling in a distributed computing environment

A system for prioritizing applications for diagonal scaling operations in a distributed computing environment, the system comprising:

• at least one processor coupled to a memory storing computer readable program instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
• define a significance value of an application of a plurality of applications, the significance value representing an importance of the application or the functionality performed by the application;
• configure dependencies between the plurality of applications;
• define a significance value of a dependency of a dependent application on an antecedent one of the plurality of applications;
• and
• compute priorities for each of the plurality of applications based on the significance values of each of the plurality of applications and respective dependencies therebetween for performing the diagonal scaling operations of resources allocated to each of the applications in the distributed computing environment.

A computer program product for prioritizing applications for diagonal scaling operations in a distributed computing environment, by at least one processor, the computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• an executable portion that defines a significance value of an application of a plurality of applications, the significance value representing an importance of the application or the functionality performed by the application;
• an executable portion that configures dependencies between the plurality of applications;
• an executable portion that defines a significance value of a dependency of a dependent application on an antecedent one of the plurality of applications;
• and
• an executable portion that computes priorities for each of the plurality of applications based on the significance values of each of the plurality of applications and respective dependencies therebetween for performing the diagonal scaling operations of resources allocated to each of the applications in the distributed computing environment.