KR20120017381A - Resource management method and integrated cloud service control apparatus for cloud computing service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A resource management method for a cloud computing service is provided to rapidly grasp the cause of a cloud computing service problem by using an integrated cloud service control apparatus. CONSTITUTION: An integrated cloud service control apparatus polysynthetically manages IT(Information Technology) resources and network resources(S201). The integrate cloud service control apparatus determines service providing possibility the available IT and network resources The integrated cloud service control apparatus allocates the IT and network resources to a cloud computing service according to a decision result(S203). The integrated cloud service control apparatus monitors the IT and network resources(S205). The integrated cloud service control apparatus collects error information for an IT and a network service according to the occurrence of a service error(S207).

Description

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INTEGRATED CLOUD SERVICE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a resource management method and an integrated cloud service control apparatus for a cloud computing service, and to a resource management method and an integrated cloud service control apparatus for collectively managing IT resources and network resources for a cloud computing service.

Cloud computing service is a service that provides IT resources and network resources according to user's request and charges based on usage. Cloud computing services are requested and provided through the Internet. Most of the world's Internet networks are based on the NGN (Next Generation Network) structure defined by the ITU, and perform hierarchical roles to manage and control the entire network based on requests for external network resources.

Currently, the cloud computing service allocates resources based on IT resources at the request of a service user, and separately allocates network resources according to the NGN management system. In other words, in the current cloud computing services, IT and network resources are managed separately from each other, which makes management less efficient. In particular, when a problem occurs in service provision, whether the cause of the problem is in the network or IT resources is immediately determined. It is difficult to grasp, so effective management measures are needed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a resource management method and an integrated cloud service control apparatus for integrated management of IT resources and network resources for cloud computing services.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a resource management method for a cloud computing service including an IT service and a network service, wherein the IT resource and the network resource are integrated and managed according to the service request of the terminal. Determining whether a service can be provided as a resource and a network resource; And allocating an IT resource and a network resource for the service to the service according to the determination result.

In addition, the present invention for achieving the above object in the integrated cloud service control device for a cloud computing service including an IT service and a network service, the IT resources and network resources are integrated management, according to the service request of the terminal, A service determination unit determining whether service can be provided using available IT resources and network resources; And a resource allocator configured to allocate an IT resource and a network resource for the service to the service according to the determination result.

According to the present invention, by managing the IT resources and network resources for the cloud computing services integrated, it is possible to quickly determine the cause of the problem when the cloud computing service has a problem, it is possible to provide a stable service to the service user .

In addition, according to the present invention, by managing the IT resources and network resources together based on the NGN, it is possible to provide a service compatible with the conventional network.

1 is a view for explaining a cloud computing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a view for explaining a resource management method for a cloud computing service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating an integrated cloud service control apparatus for a cloud computing service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. The above objects, features, and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and in describing the present invention, a detailed description of well-known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. If it is determined that the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a view for explaining a cloud computing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cloud computing service system 100 according to the present invention includes an integrated cloud service control device 101, a network resource management system 103, and an IT resource management system 105. , A network resource 107, an IT resource 109, and a user terminal 111. Here, the IT resources 109 include hardware (HW) resources such as servers and storage and software (SW) resources such as OS and applications.

The service user requests the cloud computing service including the network service and the IT service to the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 through the user terminal 111. Here, the network service represents a service using network resources, and the IT service represents a service using IT resources. The cloud computing service request includes attributes for IT resources and network resources, and may include information about service usage periods. Here, the attributes of the IT resource and the network resource correspond to the requirements of the service user for the cloud computing service. Attributes for IT resources may include some or all of HW resources such as the number of processors, memory, disk capacity, network interface, etc., and may include some or all of software resources such as OS, middleware, application server, and application. Attributes for network resources include service class, bandwidth, and physical location of the network.

The integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 for managing the IT resources and the network resources integrally determines whether the service can be provided using the available IT resources and the network resources according to the cloud computing service request of the terminal. In detail, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 analyzes a service request of a user and separates the requirements for IT resources and network resources into attributes, that is, attributes, and separates each requirement into an IT resource management system 105 and a network resource management system. Forward to 103.

The integrated cloud service control device 101 accepts a user's service request when the available IT resources and network resources are sufficient to provide the cloud computing service, and allocates the IT resources and the network resources to the cloud computing service. Through the allocated IT resources and network resources, service users can use cloud computing services.

If there is not enough resources to allocate either IT resources or network resources, the service request will not be accepted. The integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 may transmit a failure message to the user terminal 111 when the IT resource or network resource allocation for the cloud computing service fails. The failure message may include the cause of the failure. If the allocation of the IT resource or the network resource fails, that is, the allocation of any one of the IT resource and the network resource fails, the allocation of the remaining resources that have already been allocated may be released.

Thereafter, a failure or an error may occur while the cloud computing service is provided to the user. The integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 monitors network resources and IT resources collectively and performs a failure through a failure management function for the network resources and IT resources. Identify the cause of the problem and recover from the failure.

In more detail, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 monitors IT resources and network resources while the cloud computing service is activated. That is, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 monitors IT resources and network resources in a state while the cloud computing service is provided to the user. As a result of monitoring, when a network congestion occurs in a path where a network resource is provided, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 may select an alternative path, and allocate additional or alternative IT resources when there is a heavy load on the serviced IT resources. can do.

For example, when hardware resources are insufficient among the IT resources, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 may additionally allocate new hardware resources to the service. If the storage capacity of the hardware resources is insufficient, the integrated cloud service control device 101 may allocate additional storage.

In addition, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 may prepare an extra hardware resource that is being driven in advance in case the software resource is insufficient. When a situation in which software resources are scarce occurs, the integrated cloud service control device 101 can immediately allocate and run extra hardware resources for insufficient software resources, thus reducing hardware resource preparation time and providing services. You can shorten the overall time. For example, if the load on the web server increases and this increases the delay for the overall service providing time, the integrated cloud service control device 101 replicates an instance of the existing web server to the prepared hardware resource and uses an external DNS (Domain). You can add information so that you can use a replicated instance with the Name Service service.

In addition, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 collects failure information on the IT service and the network service when an error occurs while providing the cloud computing service. Here, the failure information may be fault log information on the IT service and the network service. The integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 may allocate an alternative IT resource, which is not used when an error occurs due to the IT resource, to the cloud computing service.

For example, when a connection to the server is lost due to a network path problem, the integrated cloud service control device 101 may set an alternative path, and when the connection to the server is lost due to a problem with an IT resource, the alternative IT You can allocate resources.

When the server connection is disconnected without abnormality of the network path and the IT resource, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 may take action on the network interface. The integrated cloud service control apparatus 101 determines that a network interface for providing a user service has failed in the network interface, deactivates the network interface for providing a user service, and provides a service to a user through a management network interface among the network interfaces. It can be done.

2 and 3 will be described in more detail with respect to the resource management method and the integrated cloud service control apparatus according to the present invention with reference to FIG.

2 is a view for explaining a resource management method for a cloud computing service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, a resource management method of the integrated cloud service control apparatus described in FIG. 1 is described as an embodiment. The cloud computing service may be a service provided based on NGN.

In step S201, the integrated cloud service control device manages the IT resources and network resources integrally, and determines whether the service can be provided using the available IT resources and network resources according to the cloud computing service request of the terminal. Here, the IT resources include hardware resources and software resources, and the network resources include network service grade and bandwidth.

In step S203, the integrated cloud service control device allocates the IT resource and the network resource for the cloud computing service to the service according to the determination result. That is, if the available IT resources and network resources are sufficient to provide cloud computing services, the integrated cloud service control device may allocate the IT resources and network resources to the service. As a result of determination, when the allocation of the IT resource or the network resource for the cloud computing service fails, the integrated cloud service control apparatus may transmit a failure message to the terminal. The failure message may include the cause of the failure. In addition, when the allocation of an IT resource or a network resource for a service fails, the pre-allocated resource may be released.

Meanwhile, the resource management method according to the present invention may further include step S205. In step S205, the integrated cloud service control apparatus monitors IT resources and network resources while the cloud computing service is activated. That is, when the cloud computing service is determined to be provided and the cloud computing service is provided to the terminal, the integrated cloud service control apparatus monitors the IT resource and the network resource. The integrated cloud service control device may select an alternative path when network congestion occurs as a result of monitoring.

Meanwhile, the resource management method according to the present invention may further include step S207. In step S207, the integrated cloud service control device collects failure information on the IT service and the network service when an error occurs while providing the cloud computing service. The integrated cloud service control device may allocate an alternative IT resource to the cloud computing service when an error occurs due to the IT resource.

3 is a diagram illustrating an integrated cloud service control apparatus for a cloud computing service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 300 according to the present invention includes a service determining unit 301 and a resource allocating unit 303, and the cloud computing service may be a service provided based on NGN. have.

The service determination unit 301 manages the IT resources and the network resources integrally, and determines whether the service can be provided using the available IT resources and the network resources according to the cloud computing service request of the terminal. The resource allocator 303 allocates the IT resource and the network resource for the cloud computing service to the service according to the determination result of the service determination unit 301. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 300 may include a message transmitter configured to transmit a failure message to the terminal when the IT resource or network resource allocation for the service fails as a result of the determination by the service determination unit 301. It may further include.

Meanwhile, the integrated cloud service control apparatus 300 according to the present invention may further include a monitoring unit 305 for monitoring IT resources and network resources while the cloud computing service is activated. In addition, the integrated cloud service control device 300 according to the present invention may further include an information collecting unit 307 for collecting failure information on the IT service and the network service when an error occurs during the service providing. Here, the failure information may be log information about the IT service and the network service.

On the other hand, the resource management method for a cloud computing service according to the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the written program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. And the recording medium includes all types of recording media (intangible medium such as a carrier wave as well as tangible media such as CD and DVD) readable by a computer.

Although the present invention has been described by means of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and is intended to be equivalent to the technical idea and claims of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible.

Claims (14)

In the resource management method for cloud computing services, including IT services and network services,
Integrally managing IT resources and network resources, and determining whether services can be provided using available IT resources and network resources according to the service request of the terminal; And
Allocating an IT resource and a network resource for the service to the service according to the determination result
Resource management method for a cloud computing service comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
Transmitting the failure message to the terminal when the IT resource or network resource allocation for the service fails as a result of the determination;
Resource management method for a cloud computing service further comprising.
The method of claim 2,
If the allocation of the IT resource or the network resource for the service fails, de-allocating the pre-allocated resource
Resource management method for a cloud computing service further comprising.
The method of claim 1,
Monitoring the IT resource and the network resource while the service is activated
Resource management method for a cloud computing service further comprising.
The method of claim 4, wherein
Selecting an alternative path when network congestion occurs as a result of the monitoring;
Resource management method for a cloud computing service further comprising.
The method of claim 1,
Collecting error information about the IT service and the network service when an error occurs while providing the service;
Resource management method for a cloud computing service further comprising. The method of claim 6,
Allocating an alternative IT resource to the service if an error occurs due to the IT resource
Resource management method for a cloud computing service further comprising.
The method of claim 1,
The IT resource includes a hardware resource and a software resource
Resource management method for cloud computing service.
The method of claim 1,
The cloud computing service
NGN-based service
Resource management method for cloud computing service.
In the integrated cloud service control device for cloud computing services including IT services and network services,
A service determination unit which integrally manages IT resources and network resources and determines whether a service can be provided using available IT resources and network resources according to the service request of a terminal; And
According to the determination result, the resource allocator for allocating the IT resources and network resources for the service to the service
Integrated cloud service control device comprising a.
The method of claim 10,
As a result of the determination, when the allocation of the IT resource or the network resource for the service fails, the message transmission unit for transmitting a failure message to the terminal
Integrated cloud service control device further comprising.
The method of claim 10,
A monitoring unit for monitoring the IT resource and the network resource while the service is activated
Integrated cloud service control device further comprising.

The method of claim 10,
An information collecting unit collecting error information on the IT service and the network service when an error occurs while providing the service.
Integrated cloud service control device further comprising.
The method of claim 10,
The cloud computing service
NGN-based service
Integrated cloud service control unit.

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