Workload deployment density management for a multi-stage computing architecture implemented within a multi-tenant computing environment

A multi-tenant data processing system configured for workload deployment density management for a multi-stage computing architecture, the system comprising:

• a host computing system comprising multiple different host computers, each with memory and at least one processor;
• a computing environment defined by a multiplicity of computing nodes executing within the host computing system, each of the nodes providing an operating system configured to support the operation of different instances of different applications;
• a multi-tenant computing environment configured to utilize the computing nodes of the computing environment on behalf of different tenants;
• and,
• a node agent coupled to the multi-tenant computing environment, the agent comprising program code enabled upon execution in the host computing system to respond to a request from one of the tenants to deploy each of a multiplicity of application instances into one of the nodes by determining from the request an associated stage of a software lifecycle for each of the application instances, and deploying each of the application instances into a particular one of the nodes depending upon an associated stage of each of the application instances so that the particular one of the nodes hosts different application instances for different tenants of a common stage of the software lifecycle.

A computer program product for workload deployment density management for a multi-stage computing architecture implemented within a multi-tenant computing environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving by a device a request from a tenant of a multi-tenant computing environment executing in memory of a host computing system of one or more physical servers each with memory and at least one processor, to deploy each of a multiplicity of application instances of a computer program into a particular one of different nodes of the host computing system;
• determining from the request by the device an associated stage of a software lifecycle for each of the application instances;
• and,
• deploying by the device each of the application instances into a particular one of the nodes depending upon an associated stage of the application instance so that each of the nodes hosts different application instances for different tenants of a common stage of the software lifecycle.