PLACEMENT OF SERVICE DELIVERY LOCATIONS OF A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SERVICE BASED ON LOGICAL TOPOLOGY

摘要

In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request for a distributed service, the distributed service offered by a service provider via a data communications network (12) having service delivery locations (32) reachable via a prescribed physical topology; identifying the service delivery locations within a prescribed logical topology (24) overlying the prescribed physical topology, the prescribed logical topology segregating the distributed service from other network traffic on the prescribed physical topology; and identifying one or more of the service delivery locations optimized for providing the distributed service to at least one service consumption location (34) in the prescribed logical topology according to a prescribed service level agreement with the service provider.