Patent ID: 9720709
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor: monitor utilization metrics measuring computing resources for a computing device used to execute an application over a predetermined time period; analyze the utilization metrics to determine a level of capacity utilization of the computing resources used to execute the application using a defined capacity utilization level to determine whether the computing resources are underutilized in executing the application; determine a software container configuration for the application using the utilization metrics as a result of underutilization of the computing resources by the application, the software container providing an isolated environment for the application in a virtual container in which the application and application dependencies are contained; and create the software container for the application according to the software container configuration for the application on a host computing device selected to host the software container.