Elastic Compute Fabric Using Virtual Machine Templates

摘要

Embodiments include an infrastructure shared among cloud services that supports fast provisioning of virtual machines (VMs). A set of powered-on parent VM templates and a set of powered-off child VMs are maintained by the infrastructure in a hierarchy. The child VMs are instantiated from the parent VM templates, and pre-registered to a cloud operating system in some embodiments. In response to requests from the cloud services for the child VMs, where the requests specify child VM configurations, child VMs from the set of powered-off child VMs are selected and customized based on the child VM configurations, and then deployed for use by the cloud services. In some embodiments, the fast provisioning of VMs is supported by forking operations in the infrastructure.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a shared compute fabric cloud service communicating with a plurality of cloud services, the shared compute fabric cloud service having a plurality of virtual machines (VMs); a memory associated with the shared compute fabric cloud service, the memory storing a plurality of powered-on parent VM templates; storage including a plurality of powered-off child VMs instantiated from the plurality of parent VM templates; and a processor associated with the shared compute fabric cloud service, the processor programmed to:
receive a request from one of the plurality of cloud services for at least one of the plurality of child VMs, the request including child VM properties;in response to the received request, customize the at least one of the plurality of child VMs based on the child VM properties in the received request; andpower-on the customized at least one of the plurality of child VMs.