Virtual multi-cluster clouds

A system for coordinating a plurality of clusters, the system comprising:

• a multi-cluster gateway, the multi-cluster gateway communicatively coupled to a first cluster and a second cluster, wherein the first cluster includes a first plurality of information processing devices and the second cluster includes a second plurality of information processing devices;
• wherein the multi-cluster gateway sends a message to one of the first cluster, second cluster, or both clusters responsive to a request to interact with the system;
• wherein one of the first cluster and the second cluster includes a cluster-level ring, wherein the cluster-level ring performs a consistent hashing function responsive to a message, wherein an output of the consistent hashing function is a partition identifier corresponding to computing resources available at one of the first cluster and the second cluster;
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• wherein the cluster-level ring performs a constrained mapping function on the partition identifier, and wherein an output of the constrained mapping function maps the partition identifier to a specific responsive resource associated with the partition in accordance with a desired storage characteristic.

A system for coordinating a plurality of clusters, the system comprising:

• a multi-cluster gateway, the multi-cluster gateway communicatively coupled to a first cluster and a second cluster, wherein the first cluster includes a first plurality of information processing devices and the second cluster includes a second plurality of information processing devices;
• wherein the multi-cluster gateway includes a multi-cluster ring, wherein the multi-cluster ring provides a mapping between one or more entities stored in the first or second clusters and locations of the one or more entities in one or more storage pools;
• wherein the multi-cluster ring performs a consistent hash function responsive to a request to interact with the system, and wherein an output of the consistent hash function is a partition identifier corresponding to a partition that is mapped to a plurality of storage pools of the one or more storage pools;
• wherein the multi-cluster ring performs a constrained mapping function on the output of the consistent hash function, and wherein the constrained mapping function ensures that each partition is mapped to a storage pool of the plurality of storage pools in a different zone;
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• wherein the multi-cluster gateway sends a message to the responsive cluster.