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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yaniv Ben-Itzhak, Kiryat-Yam, IL;
Amitabha Biswas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anna Levin, Haifa, IL;
Eran Raichstein, Yokneam Illit, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for fulfilling a service chain request. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to collect network data of a plurality of instances of services and connections between the plurality of instances of services and redefine service chains to direct flow to an alternative instance of a service responsive to determining that an instance of a service in a service chain has become inaccessible. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to fulfill a service chain request and avoid one or more instances of services (and/or connections there between) that could cause a delay between transmitting data packets through the service chain.