Patent ID: 9444886
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: obtaining, by a computing device comprising a processor, first performance data for a first virtual machine of a plurality of virtual machines on a network, wherein the plurality of virtual machines are arranged in a hierarchy; analyzing, by the computing device, the first performance data; predicting, by the computing device, a first predicted performance of the first virtual machine; evaluating, by the computing device, a potential transfer of execution of an application from the first virtual machine to another virtual machine on the network, in accordance with the first predicted performance and a predefined network policy; identifying, by the computing device, a second virtual machine on the network in accordance with the hierarchy; obtaining, by the computing device, second performance data for the second virtual machine, analyzing, by the computing device, the second performance data; predicting, by the computing device, a second predicted performance of the second virtual machine, in accordance with the analyzing of the second performance data and the evaluating of the potential transfer of execution of the application; and determining, by the computing device, an expected improvement in execution of the application on the second virtual machine relative to the first virtual machine, wherein the first performance data and the second performance data include static virtual machine performance data relating to past performance of the first virtual machine and second virtual machine respectively and stored at a first storage device accessible to the computing device and dynamic virtual machine performance data relating to current performance of the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine respectively, wherein the second virtual machine is identified in accordance with the hierarchy prior to obtaining the second performance data.