Cloud Resource Allocation Manager with Utilization Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
In enterprise private cloud environments, conventional resource allocation techniques are inefficient and non-standardized, leading to resource wastage and difficulties in tracking utilization, which prevents accurate charging of business units for their resource usage.
Innovation Solution
An automated and standardized system for allocating and tracking information technology resources in a distributed virtual infrastructure, which includes a processing platform that allocates resources to users, tracks utilization, and generates notifications for underutilization, enabling a pay-for-use charging system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated resource allocation is implemented, then resource allocation efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a resource allocation manager as an intermediary component that sits between users and the virtualized infrastructure. This manager handles resource requests, tracks utilization, and coordinates with the virtualization layer, thereby automating allocation while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where resource utilization is monitored and fed back to the allocation manager. This enables dynamic adjustment of resource allocation based on actual usage patterns, improving efficiency while keeping the control mechanism standardized and manageable through automated decision-making rules.
2Loss of information
If resource tracking is implemented, then resource utilization visibility is improved, but measurement and detection difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resource allocation manager serves multiple functions simultaneously: it allocates resources, tracks utilization, generates notifications, and provides reporting. This multi-functional approach consolidates tracking capabilities into a single standardized system, improving visibility without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service resource allocation and tracking where users can view their own utilization data and the system automatically monitors resource usage. This reduces the burden on IT administrators while maintaining comprehensive visibility through automated self-monitoring capabilities.
3Productivity
If standardized allocation processes are implemented, then allocation efficiency is improved, but adaptability to user needs decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The resource allocation system implements dynamic policies that can adjust allocation parameters based on user needs, resource availability, and utilization patterns. The standardized process includes configurable thresholds and rules that can be modified to accommodate different user requirements while maintaining overall efficiency through systematic control.
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AI summary
An apparatus for allocating and tracking utilization of information technology resources of a distributed virtual infrastructure comprises at least one processing platform associated with the distributed virtual infrastructure. The processing platform comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing platform is operative to allocate at least a designated one of the information technology resources to a user responsive to a corresponding request, to track utilization of the designated information technology resource allocated to the user, and to generate one or more notifications if the utilization of the designated information technology resource by the user falls below a specified threshold. The distributed virtual infrastructure may comprise an enterprise private cloud infrastructure.