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US 2020/0028764 A1Published application
Network costs for hyper-converged infrastructures
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsBolt Zhang, Wenyu Zhang, Sahan Gamage, Wang Qiong, Hua Wang, Lei Lu
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Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing network cost in a hyper-converged infrastructure are disclosed. The network cost of workload pairs can be assessed. Migration of the workloads can be considered to reduce the network cost and improve the network efficiency of the hyper-converged infrastructure.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring, by at least one computing device of at least one of a plurality of host devices within a hyper-converged infrastructure, network traffic between a plurality of workloads executed on the plurality of host devices;
- identifying, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of pairs of workloads that exchange network traffic;
- determining, by the at least one computing device, a respective network cost of the pairs of workloads based upon a network distance and a volume of network traffic exchanged between the workloads;
- identifying, by the at least one computing device, a migration of at least one of the workloads in respective ones of the pairs of workloads to reduce the respective network cost;
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- migrating, by the at least one computing device, the at least one of the workloads according to the identified migration.
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A system comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- an application executed by the at least one computing device, the application causing the at least one computing device to at least:
- monitor, in a hyper-converged infrastructure comprising a plurality of host devices, network traffic between a plurality of workloads executed on the plurality of host devices;
- identify a plurality of pairs of workloads that exchange network traffic;
- determine a respective network cost of the pairs of workloads based upon a network distance and a volume of network traffic exchanged between the workloads;
- identify a migration of at least one of the workloads in respective ones of the pairs of workloads to reduce the respective network cost;
- and
- migrate the at least one of the workloads according to the identified migration.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executed by at least one computing device, the program causing the at least one computing device to at least:
- monitor, in a hyper-converged infrastructure comprising a plurality of host devices, network traffic between a plurality of workloads executed on the plurality of host devices;
- identify a plurality of pairs of workloads that exchange network traffic;
- determine a respective network cost of the pairs of workloads based upon a network distance and a volume of network traffic exchanged between the workloads;
- identify a migration of at least one of the workloads in respective ones of the pairs of workloads to reduce the respective network cost;
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- migrate the at least one of the workloads according to the identified migration.
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