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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/5025 (2013.01); H04L 41/5029 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/5054 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems to compute cost efficiency of virtual machines ('VMs') running in a private cloud are described. Methods and systems compute a cost efficiency value for each VM in the private cloud based on cost of the VM in the private cloud, cost of similar VMs in the private cloud, price of similar VM running in the public cloud, and the cost of similar VMs running in one or more private clouds in the same geographical area. When the cost efficiency of a VM is greater than a cost efficiency threshold, the methods generate an alert and recommendations for moving the VM to a lower cost public cloud.