RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROTOCOL FOR A VIRTUALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RELIABILITY GUARANTEES

摘要

A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for a resource allocation protocol. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a resource allocation engine to allocate physical resources to primary and redundant virtual infrastructures, wherein, when the resource allocation engine allocates virtual infrastructures, physical resources of redundant virtual infrastructures are shared across multiple primary virtual infrastructures.

主权项

1. A resource allocation method for allocating physical resources to primary and redundant virtual infrastructures, the method comprising:
receiving a first request for a set of resources, links connecting the resources, and a requested reliability requirement; and computing a number of redundant nodes to provide the requested reliability, including provisioning k redundant virtual resources for n number of primary resources to achieve n:k replication, where n is the number of primary resources and k is the number of redundant virtual resources.