Kubernetes Cluster Orchestration Across Multiple Infrastructure Providers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Kubernetes clusters are constrained to operate within a single infrastructure provider's resources, leading to over-dimensioning and increased costs due to the need to handle all foreseeable workloads, resulting in inefficient resource utilization and waste.
Innovation Solution
A system that coordinates the distribution of resource instances across multiple infrastructure providers, allowing Kubernetes master nodes to dynamically allocate and share resources based on traffic patterns, enabling clusters to span multiple providers and locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If Kubernetes clusters are deployed on hosts within infrastructure controlled by a single infrastructure provider, then the infrastructure provider can manage all workloads, but the infrastructure becomes over-dimensioned resulting in resource waste and increased cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the Kubernetes cluster management by allowing master nodes to be distributed across multiple infrastructure providers. Each infrastructure provider hosts a portion of the master nodes and associated workloads, dividing the previously centralized resource pool into distributed segments that can be independently managed and optimized.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables infrastructure providers to serve multiple functions by hosting Kubernetes master nodes for multiple different Kubernetes clusters. A single infrastructure provider can simultaneously support workloads from multiple cloud providers, increasing resource utilization efficiency and reducing waste through multi-functional deployment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If infrastructure is dimensioned to handle all foreseeable workloads, then all workloads can be accommodated, but resource utilization becomes inefficient and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where Kubernetes master nodes can be dynamically added or removed from infrastructure providers based on actual workload demands. The system continuously monitors workload patterns and adjusts the distribution of master nodes across infrastructure providers, transitioning from static over-provisioning to dynamic adaptation that matches resources to actual needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of infrastructure provisioning from fixed to variable by allowing the number and distribution of Kubernetes master nodes across infrastructure providers to be adjusted based on workload metrics. This parameter change enables the system to scale resources up or down dynamically, improving both adaptability and resource utilization efficiency.
3Productivity
If multiple Kubernetes master nodes are deployed across multiple infrastructure providers, then resource utilization efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer that manages the complexity of distributed master nodes across multiple infrastructure providers. This intermediary coordination mechanism handles the orchestration, monitoring, and management of master nodes distributed across different providers, abstracting the complexity from the overall system while enabling efficient multi-provider resource utilization.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a system for coordinating the distribution of resource instances (e.g. Kubernetes nodes) that belong to different infrastructure providers providing resource instances at different locations. Each infrastructure provider provides one or more resource instances. The resource instances provide by an infrastructure can be spread over multiple locations. Several Kubernetes master nodes are deployed to manage the RIs spread among multiple infrastructure providers and multiple locations.