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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
David John Ward, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Geoffrey S. Pare, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Helfrich, Seattle, WA (US);
David Nunnerley, Seattle, WA (US);
David John Ward, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Geoffrey S. Pare, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Helfrich, Seattle, WA (US);
David Nunnerley, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a job resource planner for cloud computing environments are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of resource instances of a provider network, and a resource planner. The planner receives a plan request from a client, comprising a job goal and an indication of a resource acquisition policy to be used to obtain resource instances for the job. The policy specifies one or more instance data sources. The planner generates a resource acquisition plan for the job, based at least in part on an analysis of pricing data obtained from a specified data source. The analysis comprises one or more computation steps indicated in the policy. The generated plan includes at least one recommended acquisition price for a resource instance.