Virtual machine placement in a cloud-based network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsYang Guo, Aleksandr Stolyar, Anwar Walid
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for real-time adaptive placement of a virtual machine are provided. In an embodiment, a virtual machine is received at a routing component, the routing component having a processor in communication with a memory. By the processor in communication with the memory, a target data center is determined from a plurality of data centers based on a data center index, and the virtual machine is routed to the target data center. A physical machine is chosen within the target data center for placing the virtual machine.
Claims18
An apparatus for real-time adaptive placement of a virtual machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory to store computer program instructions;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the computer program instructions, which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a virtual machine;
- determining a data center index for the received virtual machine based on lengths of virtual queues associated with respective data centers of a plurality of data centers, wherein the length of a virtual queue associated with a respective data center is based on a class of virtual machines that have been routed to the respective data center;
- determining a target data center from the plurality of data centers based on the data center index;
- and
- routing the virtual machine to the target data center.
A computer-readable medium to storing computer program instructions for real-time adaptive placement of a virtual machine, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- in response to receiving a virtual machine at a routing component, determining a data center index for the received virtual machine based on lengths of virtual queues associated with respective data centers of a plurality of data centers, wherein the length of a virtual queue associated with a respective data center is based on a class of virtual machines that have been routed to the respective data center;
- determining a target data center from the plurality of data centers based on the data center index;
- and
- routing the virtual machine to the target data center.
A method for real-time adaptive placement of a virtual machine, the method comprising:
- receiving a virtual machine at a routing component, the routing component having a processor in communication with a memory;
- determining a data center index for the received virtual machine based on lengths of virtual queues associated with respective data centers of a plurality of data centers, wherein the length of a virtual queue associated with a respective data center is based on a class of virtual machines that have been routed to the respective data center;
- determining, by the processor in communication with the memory, a target data center from the plurality of data centers based on the data center index;
- and
- routing, by the processor in communication with the memory, the virtual machine to the target data center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.