Patent ID: 9722855
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for arranging a service in a computing infrastructure, comprising: receiving a service request, wherein the service request is comprised of a request for one of a plurality of services of a computing infrastructure, wherein the service request includes a capability request, wherein the capability request is comprised of a request that the requested service has a specific capability, and wherein the plurality of services is comprised of network services, storage services and compute services provided by underlying physical resources; comparing the service request with prior reservations and allocations of services of the computing infrastructure; identifying an available portion of the computing infrastructure based upon the comparing of the service request, wherein the available portion has at least the requested capability; committing the available portion of the computing infrastructure having at least the requested capability, as reserved; providing the available portion of the computing infrastructure having at least the requested capability, as committed, in fulfillment of the service request; identifying excess capabilities between the capability request and the available portion; determining, in response to the identifying of the excess capabilities, that a closer match to the capability request is available; and migrating, in response to the determining of the availability of the closer match, from a first allocation of the requested service that has been reserved and delivered from the computing infrastructure to a second allocation of the requested service, wherein the second allocation of the requested service comprises the discovered available closer match to the capability request, wherein at least one method operation is performed by a processor.