Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Marwan Batrouni

Jason Zions

Octavian Hornoiu

Octavian Homiou

Octavian Homoiu

Shady N Ashkar

Jason Drew Zions

Offloading traffic to edge data centers in a content delivery network (CDN). It is determined that traffic at the edge data center should be offloaded to the other edge data centers. A priority level is determined for requesting the offloading of traffic to the other edge data centers. An offload request is sent to each of the other edge data centers, each offload request indicating the determined priority level. One or more replies are received from one or more of the other edge data centers, including one or more replies indicating that resources are available for use by the load balancer agent. The one or more replies are sorted to identify at least one edge data center for offloading traffic, and traffic is offloaded to the at least one identified edge data center.

Offloading traffic to edge data centers in a content delivery network

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for selecting and managing a public cloud-computing network to host a client's account information are provided. Initially, the client issues a request to a coordination engine, which understands rules language of various public clouds, to update the account information residing on a target cloud. The target cloud was previously selected from the various public clouds as a function of desirable criteria specified by the client in light of properties (e.g., pricing, security, and reliability) dynamically abstracted from the public clouds. When addressing the request, the coordination engine extracts command(s) from the request and automatically translates the command(s) consistent with the rules language of the target cloud. Upon delivery to the target cloud, the translated command(s) affect reading of or writing to the account information. Accordingly, the client is absolved from converting instructions into a format that is expected by the target cloud.

Coordination engine for cloud selection

CND load balancing in the cloud. Server resources are allocated at an edge data center of a content delivery network to properties that are being serviced by edge data center. Based on near real-time data, properties are sorted by trending traffic at the edge data center. Server resources are allocated for at least one property of the sorted properties at the edge data center. The server resources are allocated based on rules developed from long-term trends. The resource allocation includes calculating server needs for the property in a partition at the edge data center, and allocating the server needs for the property to available servers in the partition.

CDN load balancing in the cloud

Embodiments include determining attributes of a property using an incubation pool. An incubation period is identified based on estimated attributes for the property, and based on rules that define a minimum and a maximum incubation time. The property is added to the incubation pool, and load and patterns for the property are analyzed. A load size and/or a traffic type for the property is identified based on the incubation. Embodiments also include offloading traffic within a CDN. A load balancer agent determines that traffic at an edge data center should be offloaded to the other edge data centers. The load balancer agent sends a request, including a determined priority level. The load balancer agent receives one or more replies indicating that resources are available for use. The load balancer agent sorts the replies and offloads traffic to at least one edge data center.

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