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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Michael Paul Dehaan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Scott Jared Henson, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Joseph Eckersberg, Ii, Apex, NC (US);
Michael Paul DeHaan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Scott Jared Henson, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Joseph Eckersberg, II, Apex, NC (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A cloud management system can maintain a set of 'virtual groups,' and assign different 'virtual groups' to particular computing resources of both local and external clouds. The “virtual groups” can be based on the particular usage (type of virtual machine, application of the virtual machine, function of the virtual machine, and the like) of the members in the groups and/or can be based on the specifications of the computing resources (type and amount of computing resources). When instantiating virtual machines in local or external clouds, the cloud management system can utilize the “virtual groups” to identify and allocate the computing resources.