System and method of brokering cloud computing resources

A system for brokering compute resources, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• polling a plurality of compute resource environments to identify resource capabilities and a type of energy that powers each of the plurality of compute resource environments, each of the plurality of compute resource environments comprising a plurality of aggregated nodes;
• receiving a request, at a first time, for compute resources at a brokering service system, the request for compute resources being associated with a service level agreement;
• reserving compute resources from the plurality of compute resource environments based on the resource capabilities across the plurality of compute resource environments and the type of energy that powers each of the plurality of compute resource environments to yield reserved compute resources such that the reserved compute resources can be consumed at a second time, which is later than the first time;
• receiving a workload associated with the request and communicating the workload to the reserved compute resources for processing, wherein reserving compute resources ensures that the processing at the second time complies with the service level agreement;
• after communicating the workload associated with the request to the reserved compute resources, analyzing parameters associated with how the reserved compute resources are processing the workload associated with the request;
• and
• if a threshold is met, identifying and reserving new compute resources from the plurality of compute resource environments and migrating the workload to the new compute resources.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program having instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• at a brokering service system, polling a plurality of separately administered compute resource environments to identify resource capabilities and a type of energy that powers each of the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments, each of the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments comprising a plurality of aggregated nodes for processing workload;
• receiving, at a first time, a request for compute resources at the brokering service system, the request for compute resources being associated with a service level agreement;
• based on the identified resource capabilities across the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments and the type of energy that powers each of the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments, reserving compute resources in one or more of the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments to yield reserved compute resources;
• receiving a workload associated with the request and communicating the workload associated with the request to the reserved resources in the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments for processing at a second time which is later than the first time, wherein the reservation of compute resources ensures that the processing complies with the service level agreement;
• after communicating the workload associated with the request to the reserved compute resources, analyzing parameters associated with how the reserved compute resources are processing the workload associated with the request;
• and
• if a threshold is met, identifying and reserving new compute resources from the plurality of separately administered compute resource environments and migrating the workload to the new compute resources.

A system for processing workload from a brokering service, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory operatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• at a brokering service system, polling a plurality of compute resource environments to identify resource capabilities and a type of energy that powers each of the plurality of compute resource environments, each of the plurality of compute resource environments comprising a plurality of aggregated nodes for processing a workload;
• receiving, at a first time, a request for compute resources at the brokering service system, the request for compute resources being associated with a service level agreement;
• based on the resource capabilities across the plurality of compute resource environments and type of energy that powers each of the plurality of compute resource environments, reserving compute resources from the plurality of compute resource environments to yield reserved compute resources such that the workload can consume the reserved compute resources at a second time, which is later than the first time;
• receiving the workload associated with the request and communicating the workload to the reserved compute resources for processing, wherein reserving the compute resources ensures that the processing at the second time complies with the service level agreement;
• after communicating the workload associated with the request to the reserved compute resources, analyzing parameters associated with how the reserved compute resources are processing the workload associated with the request;
• and
• if a threshold is met, identifying and reserving new compute resources from the plurality of compute resource environments and migrating the workload to the new compute resources.