A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PEER TO VIRTUAL PEER NETWORKING IN A VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A system (600) for virtual peer to virtual peer (vp2vp) networking in a virtualized environment comprising: a hardware layer (201); a virtualisation layer (203); a vp2vp layer (204); and an application layer (206), characterised in that said vp2vp layer (204) is provided with a vp2vp protocol comprising: a vp2vp Registrar component (610) provided with means for registering virtual machines (VMs) as part of a peer to peer overlay network based on virtual and physical proximity; a vp2vp Discovery component (620) provided with means that enables a user and/or an application to communicate with said virtual machines in said overlay network and locate the nearest virtual machine that satisfies user and/or application requirements; a vp2vp Scheduler component (630) provided with means to extract runtime information to determine a physical server to assign new virtual machines based on said overlay network; a vp2vp Load Balancer component (630) provided with means to collect information on current load and hardware specifications and thereby reorganise deployed virtual machines from a plurality of physical servers; a vp2vp Data Manager component (650) provided with means for managing distribution of data generated by applications in a peer to peer manner in the virtualized environment; a vp2vp Service Level Agreement component (660) provided with means to define service level agreements in said vp2vp system; and a vp2vp Pricing component (670) provided with means to determine charges to be applied to a user based on quality of service requirements of the user.