Patent ID: 8949426
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: accessing a set of aggregate usage history data for a user operating a set of machines consuming a set of resources in a set of host clouds; determining consumption of at least one resource for at least one time period, wherein the consumption is determined for the at least one resource in each of at least two host clouds of the set of host clouds; generating, by a processing device, a set of subscription margins for the at least one resource for each of the at least two host clouds in view of a comparison of the consumption of the at least one resource in a corresponding host cloud to a resource subscription limit associated with the corresponding host cloud; generating a set of short-term cloud-aggregated margins, wherein each of the set of short-term cloud-aggregated margins represents an offset consumption value for the corresponding resource across the at least two host clouds; generating a plurality of offset subscription costs for the at least one resource for the at least one time period across the at least two of the set of host clouds in view of the set of short-term cloud-aggregated margins; and generating an aggregate offset subscription cost for the at least one resource for the at least one time period in view of the plurality of offset subscription costs.