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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Placement of service delivery locations of a distributed computing service based on logical topology
Joshua Merrill, Parker, CO (US);
Huida Dai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jiang Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sukhdev Kapur, Saratoga, CA (US);
Subrata Banerjee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Danny Elder, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashok Ganesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Shujin Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Joshua Merrill, Parker, CO (US);
Huida Dai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jiang Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sukhdev Kapur, Saratoga, CA (US);
Subrata Banerjee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Danny Elder, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashok Ganesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Shujin Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request for a distributed service, the distributed service offered by a service provider via a data communications network having service delivery locations reachable via a prescribed physical topology; identifying the service delivery locations within a prescribed logical topology overlying the prescribed physical topology, the prescribed logical topology segregating the distributed service from other network traffic on the prescribed physical topology; and identifying one or more of the service delivery locations optimized for providing the distributed service to at least one service consumption location in the prescribed logical topology according to a prescribed service level agreement with the service provider.