RESOURCE PROVISIONING IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

A computer implemented method to provide a resource to a virtualised software installation in a distributed computing environment, the method comprising: receiving a functional requirement for the software installation; determining an extent of the resource required to implement the functional requirement; identifying one or more resource providers in the distributed computing environment having availability of the required resource to the determined extent; and communicating an indication of the identified resource providers to the software installation in order that the resource can be provided to the software installation to the determined extent to provide the functional requirement.