Patent ID: 8959221
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing an aggregate usage history data for a plurality of machines consuming a first resource in a first cloud of a host cloud; generating a consumption margin for each machine in the plurality of machines in view of the consumption of the first resource over a consumption period in the first cloud of the host cloud; comparing, by a processor, the consumption margin of the first resource with a plurality of compound service level agreements over a plurality of hierarchical subscription periods spanning the consumption period for the first resource; identifying, by the processor, a first hierarchical subscription period in the plurality of hierarchical subscription periods in view of the comparison; applying the plurality of compound service level agreements to process the consumption of the first resource over the identified first hierarchical subscription period; accessing the aggregate usage history data for the plurality of machines consuming a second resource in a second cloud of the host cloud; generating the consumption margin for each machine in the plurality of machines in view of the consumption of the second resource over the consumption period in the second cloud of the host cloud, wherein the consumption of the second resource is a function of the consumption of the first resource; comparing, by the processor, the consumption margin of the second resource with the plurality of compound service level agreements over the plurality of hierarchical subscription periods spanning the consumption period for the second resource; identifying, by the processor, a second hierarchical subscription period in the plurality of hierarchical subscription periods in view of the comparison; and applying a plurality of rules to process the consumption of the second resource over the second identified hierarchical subscription period.