Hierarchical network, service and application function virtual machine partitioning across differentially sensitive data centers

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

• partition multiple functions, within a set of virtual machines distributed across a hierarchical network of two or more data centers, into at least a first set of functions and a second set of functions, wherein the first set of functions is associated with a higher performance sensitivity measure than the second set of functions, and wherein said partitioning is based on (i) a desired performance sensitivity measure associated with the multiple functions and (ii) data center sensitivity measures provided by the two or more data centers;
• execute the first set of functions in one or more of the virtual machines in a first of the two or more data centers, wherein the first data center is associated with a higher data center sensitivity measure than the one or more additional data centers in the hierarchical network of data centers;
• and
• execute the second set of functions in one or more of the virtual machines in a second of the two or more data centers, wherein the second data center is associated with a lower data center sensitivity measure than the first data center.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured for:
• partitioning multiple functions, within a set of virtual machines distributed across a hierarchical network of two or more data centers, into at least a first set of functions and a second set of functions, wherein the first set of functions is associated with a higher performance sensitivity measure than the second set of functions, and wherein said partitioning is based on (i) a desired performance sensitivity measure associated with the multiple functions and (ii) data center sensitivity measures provided by the two or more data centers;
• executing the first set of functions in one or more of the virtual machines in a first of the two or more data centers, wherein the first data center is associated with a higher data center sensitivity measure than the one or more additional data centers in the hierarchical network of data centers;
• and
• executing the second set of functions in one or more of the virtual machines in a second of the two or more data centers, wherein the second data center is associated with a lower data center sensitivity measure than the first data center.

A method comprising the following steps:

• partitioning multiple functions, within a set of virtual machines distributed across a hierarchical network of two or more data centers and in connection with a set of multiple users, into at least a first set of functions and a second set of functions, wherein the first set of functions corresponds to a subset of one or more users associated with a given level of performance sensitivity, and wherein said partitioning is based on (i) a desired performance sensitivity measure associated with the multiple functions and (ii) data center sensitivity measures provided by the two or more data centers;
• and
• deploying differentiated services among the set of multiple users by:
• executing the first set of functions in one or more of the virtual machines in a first of the two or more data centers, wherein the first data center is associated with a higher data center sensitivity measure than the one or more additional data centers in the hierarchical network of data centers;
• and
• executing the second set of functions in one or more of the virtual machines in a second of the two or more data centers, wherein the second data center is associated with a lower data center sensitivity measure than the first data center;
• wherein at least one of the steps is carried out by a computing device.