Securely hosting workloads in virtual computing environments

摘要

Methods and apparatus involve securely hosting workloads. Broadly, computing workloads are classified according to security concerns and those with common concerns are deployed together on common hardware platforms. In one instance, security tags are bi-modally attached or not attached to workloads meeting or not meeting a predetermined security threshold. Those with tags are deployed (414) on a common machine while those without tags are deployed (415) on other machines. Tags (300) may be embedded in meta data of open virtual machine formats (OVF). Considerations for re-booting (412) computing devices are also contemplated as are multiplexing workloads. Computer program products are further disclosed.