US 2021/0240541 A1 · OPTIMIZING CLUSTERED APPLICATIONS IN A CLUSTERED INFRASTRUCTURE

Abstract

This disclosure describes techniques for providing virtual resources (e.g., containers, virtual machines, etc.) of a clustered application with information regarding a cluster of physical servers on which the distributed clustered application is running. A virtual resource that supports the clustered application is executed on a physical server of the cluster of physical servers. The virtual resource may receive an indication of a database instance (or other application) running on a particular physical server of the cluster of physical servers that is nearest the physical server. The database instance may be included in a group of database instances that are maintaining a common data set on respective physical servers of the group of physical servers. The virtual resource may then access the database instance on the particular physical server based at least in part on the database instance running on the particular server that is nearest the physical server.

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Dependent claims

A physical server disposed in a cluster of physical servers that execute a clustered application, the physical server comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
execute a virtual resource that supports the clustered application, the virtual resource being included in a group of virtual resources that run on respective physical servers of the cluster of physical servers;
receive an indication of a service instance running on a particular physical server of the cluster of physical servers that is nearest the physical server, the service instance being included in a group of service instances that perform a common action and are hosted on respective physical servers of the cluster of physical servers;
select the service instance from among the group of service instances based at least in part on the particular physical server being nearest the physical server;
and
cause the virtual resource to access the service instance.

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A method comprising:

executing an application container on a physical server of a cluster of physical servers, the application container being included in a group of application containers of a clustered application executing on the cluster of physical servers;
receiving, at the application container, an indication of a service instance running on a particular physical server of the cluster of physical servers that is nearest the physical server, the service instance being included in a group of service instances that perform a common action and are hosted on respective physical servers of the cluster of physical servers;
selecting the service instance from among the group of service instances based at least in part on the particular physical server being nearest the physical server;
and
accessing, by the application container, the service instance based at least in part on the service instance being on the particular server that is nearest the physical server.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
instantiate an application container on a first physical server of a cluster of physical servers, the application container being included in a group of application containers of a clustered application that execute on the cluster of physical servers;
receive infrastructure data indicating individual physical servers of the cluster of physical servers on which individual service instances of a group of service instances are running, the group of service instances performing a common action;
identify, from among the individual physical servers indicated in the infrastructure data, a second physical server that is nearest the first physical server, wherein a particular service instance is running on the second physical server;
and
send, to the first physical server, an indication of at least one of the particular service instance or the second physical server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Optimizing clustered applications in a clustered infrastructure

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Abstract

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