Patent ID: 9716746
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a local blueprint for supporting continuity for all local resources of a particular sub Grid; a first continuity grid having a first collection of hardware computer resources of multiple end users or service providers logically connected to a first at least one cloud infrastructure; a second continuity grid having a second collection of hardware computer resources connected to a second at least one cloud infrastructure; and a cloud continuity subsystem connected to both said first at least one cloud infrastructure and to said second at least one cloud infrastructure, said cloud continuity subsystem including one or more hardware computer resources for executing instructions for implementing software defined continuity (SDC) and application defined continuity (ADC) according to a plurality of continuity requirements for achieving Business Continuity and Application Continuity comprising one or more resources of multiple end users or service providers logically connected to one or more cloud infrastructures; wherein at least part of said first continuity grid is paired by the cloud continuity subsystem with the second continuity grid located in the same or different cloud infrastructures to satisfy the continuity requirements, and wherein said local blueprint defines continuity operations used to maintain continuity metrics used to preserve continuity of local resources within said particular sub Grid, wherein, for each particular sub Grid comprised in a portion of sub Grids in the first Continuity Grid, there is provided by the cloud continuity subsystem a corresponding continuity peer sub Grid in the second Continuity Grid for providing continuity for the particular sub Grid in the first Continuity Grid by action of a respective continuity tether that is configured to provide a data pipeline to control and transform data flowing between the particular sub Grid and the peer sub Grid for providing continuity for the particular sub Grid, and wherein at least some number of said plurality of sub Grids in said first Continuity Grid are each a parent sub Grid hierarchically arranged to be comprised of one or more child sub Grids each also including a local blueprint for providing continuity with a corresponding child peer sub Grid provided in said second Continuity Grid.