Methods and apparatus related to migration of customer resources to virtual resources within a data center environment

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer readable instructions configured to cause one or more processing components to execute a method involving migration of customer resources to virtual resources, the method comprising:
• determining, via an assessment module, a number of data center units to operate a set of virtual resources at a guaranteed service level, each of the data center units being managed based on a predefined set of hardware resource limit values;
• sending, via a migration module, an indicator that the set of virtual resources has been moved to a quarantined portion of a data center;
• monitoring, via a quarantine module, a performance metric related to operation of the set of virtual resources at the quarantined portion of the data center during a quarantine time period;
• processing an indication that migration of the virtual resource to a non-quarantined portion of the data center is authorized, when a threshold condition is satisfied based on the performance metric;
• and
• processing instructions regarding migration of virtual resource to a non-quarantined portion of the data center.

One or more non-transitory processor-readable media storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to:

• monitor a performance metric representing performance of a first virtual resource within a quarantined portion of a data center during at least a portion of a quarantine time period;
• define an assessment parameter value based on the performance metric;
• determine, based on the assessment parameter value, a number of data center units for execution of a second virtual resource at a guaranteed service level, each of the data center units being managed based on a predefined set of hardware resource limit values;
• and
• modify, based on the performance metric, a projected hardware requirement of the first virtual resource within a production environment of the data center;
• wherein the first virtual resource, when migrated to a non-quarantined portion of the data center, can be operated within a portion of the data center defined by the modified projected hardware requirement.

A method for processing feedback related to a quarantined portion of a data center, the method comprising:

• monitoring a performance metric representing performance of a first virtual resource within a quarantined portion of a data center during at least a portion of a quarantine time period;
• defining an assessment parameter value based on the performance metric;
• determining, based on the assessment parameter value, a number of data center units for execution of a second virtual resource at a guaranteed service level, each of the data center units being managed based on a predefined set of hardware resource limit values;
• and
• modifying, based on the performance metric, a projected hardware requirement of the first virtual resource within a production environment of the data center;
• wherein the first virtual resource, when migrated to a non-quarantined portion of the data center, can be operated within a portion of the data center defined by the modified projected hardware requirement.