Patent ID: 9465641
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of selecting and allocating one of resources in a cloud computing system to create a virtual machine by a control server coupled to the cloud computing system, the method comprising: determining, by the control server, a resource selection reference by selecting one of fault-tolerance and network efficiency upon receipt of a request message for creating a target virtual machine; calculating, by the control server, at least one of a fault-tolerance point, a network efficiency point, an interactive point of each candidate resource according to the selected resource selection reference; and selecting, by the control server, one of candidate resources to create a requested virtual machine based on at least one of the calculated fault-tolerance point and the calculated network efficiency point of the candidate resources, wherein the selectin comprises: creating the target virtual machine using the resource having one of a highest fault-tolerance point and a highest network efficiency point.