Releasing computing infrastructure components in a networked computing environment

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the release of computing infrastructure components (e.g., hardware, software, combinations thereof, etc.) from a networked computing environment for potential use by another networked computing environment. In a typical embodiment, a computing infrastructure component is identified from set of computing infrastructure components associated with a networked computing environment. It may then be determined whether the computing infrastructure component can be released from the networked computing environment. Then, responsive to the determination, the computing infrastructure component may be released from the networked computing environment.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for releasing computing infrastructure components in a networked computing environment, comprising:
identifying, via at least one computing device, a computing infrastructure component among a set of computing infrastructure components associated with the networked computing environment, the computer infrastructure component being allocated to a workload for processing by a first cloud provider at a first price; receiving, at the first cloud provider via the at least one computing device, a request from a second cloud provider to process another workload at a second price, the second price being higher than the first price; receiving, via the at least one computing device, a communication from the first cloud provider that if at least a portion of the workload is transferred from the computer infrastructure component to another computer infrastructure component that the workload will be processed at a third price lower than the first price; determining, via the at least one computing device, whether the computing infrastructure component can be released from the networked computing environment, the determining being based upon at least one of the following: a period of non-use of the computing infrastructure component, a reservation associated with the computing infrastructure component, a market condition associated with the computing infrastructure component, and a cost associated with the computing infrastructure component; evaluating, via the at least one computing device, whether the another computer infrastructure component is available to process the workload from the computer infrastructure component; and responsive to the determining and evaluating,
transferring, via the at least one computing device, the workload from the computer infrastructure component to the other computer infrastructure component, andreleasing, via the at least one computing device, the computing infrastructure component from the networked computing environment.