DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING AND SCALING OF ALLOCATED CLOUD RESOURCES IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK

摘要

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a workload distribution system for an enterprise network (101) extended in to a cloud network (102) and a related method. The enterprise network (101) may include a series of servers in a private enterprise network and a scalable series of servers in a cloud network (102). The enterprise network (101) may employ one or more load balancers (103) in both a private enterprise network (101) and cloud network (102) that are connected to each series of servers to distribute work amongst the servers in both networks based on criteria such as overall system performance and costs. The enterprise network (101) may also employ one or more controllers (107) to scale the number of cloud servers (114a,..., 114e) allocated to the enterprise network (101) based on the system workload and other user- defined criteria, such as revenue generated per work request.