CN104050045A

CN104050045A - Method and device for distributing virtual resources based on disk IO

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Publication number: CN104050045A
Application number: CN201410299223.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘涛
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-06-27
Filing date: 2014-06-27
Publication date: 2014-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 2034-06-27
Also published as: CN104050045B; WO2015196931A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and device for distributing virtual resources based on disk IO. The method includes the steps that a VNFM is used for sending a request for applying for the virtual resources to a VIM according to information for describing QoS of disk read-write IO of at least one virtual machine with at least one VNF by a VNFD, wherein the description information includes resource information of QoS of the disk IO of at least one virtual machine in the regular service execution process and resource information of QoS of the disk IO in the burst traffic process. The request for applying for the virtual resources includes the description information. Furthermore, the VIM conducts resource distribution according to the request for applying for the virtual resources, services can be more reasonably deployed and can more effectively utilize physical resources, and therefore the overall resource utilization rate of a system is increased.

Description

Virtual resource allocation method and device based on disk I/O

Technical field

The embodiment of the present invention relates to computer technology, relates in particular to a kind of virtual resource allocation method and device based on disk I/O.

Background technology

By virtual (the Network Function Virtualization of network function, being called for short NFV) technology can be unifying, realize subnetwork function in high performance server, switch and memory device, be that network function can be realized by software and virtual mode, and can on general server hardware, move.

As multiple virtual network function (Virtualized Network Function, be called for short VNF) in the time that business service is provided, the virtual machine of described multiple VNF can carry out a large amount of disk read-write (disk I/O), as the backup of data, recovery, data query in enormous quantities and verification etc.If described multiple VNF is deployed in same hardware resource, as the disk of same server or veneer, or in same shared magnetic battle array, and carry out disk I/O within the same time period of system, will cause the disk performance of described VNF to worsen, even cause service fail, thereby reduce the reliability of system.

In order to solve described problem, in prior art, at virtual network function manager (Virtual Network Function Manager, be called for short VNFM) be that arbitrary VNF is while applying for virtual machine, specify the peak value of the disk I/O service quality (Quality of Service is called for short QoS) of the virtual machine of described VNF; Further, in the time of application virtual resource, described VNFM carries out resource bid according to the peak value of the disk I/O QoS of the virtual machine of described VNF, further, described VIM is receiving after described resource bid, carry out resource distribution according to the disk I/O QoS of described resource bid and hardware resource, thereby guarantee business is at the disk I/O QoS of special period.

But in prior art, because the virtual machine of described VNF is less than the peak value of described disk I/O QoS at the disk I/O QoS of period except the special period, therefore, carry out resource distribution according to the peak value of the disk I/O QoS of the virtual machine of described VNF, can cause ample resources waste.

Summary of the invention

This embodiment provides a kind of virtual resource allocation method and device based on disk I/O, in order to improve the resource utilization of entire system.

First aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of virtual resource allocation method based on disk I/O, and described method is for the virtual NFV network of network function, and described method, comprising:

The descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of virtual network function manager VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to virtual infrastructure manager VIM; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service; In the request of described application virtual resource, comprise described descriptor;

Described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution.

In conjunction with first aspect, in the possible implementation of the first of first aspect, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution, comprising:

Described VIM is according to the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application virtual resource request, and using in the disk I/O QoS resource of described hardware resource except the described disk I/O QoS resource of reserving remaining disk I/O QoS resource distribute to the virtual machine of described VNF and other VNF except described VNF as the disk I/O QoS resource of regular traffic;

Wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when reserved described disk I/O QoS resource is more than or equal to the burst service of described at least one virtual machine is applied for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource for described at least one virtual machine of described at least one VNF in the time need to carrying out burst service.

In conjunction with the possible implementation of the first of first aspect, in the possible implementation of the second of first aspect, described VIM, according to before the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application virtual resource request, also comprises:

Described VIM by the disk I/O QoS resource division grade of reserved hardware resource, and sets up the incidence relation between disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource and the hardware resource of described hardware resource according to predetermined interval;

Described VIM, according to the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application virtual resource request, comprising:

The disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of the described hardware resource under disk I/O QoS resource when disk I/O QoS resource when described VIM carries out burst service according to described at least one virtual machine is determined described burst service;

Described VIM determines the hardware resource corresponding to disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of described hardware resource according to described incidence relation, and on described hardware resource, be the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described at least one virtual machine, wherein, maximum disk I/O QoS resource in the disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource that described reserved described disk I/O QoS resource is described hardware resource.

In conjunction with the first or any possible implementation of the second of first aspect, first aspect, in the third possible implementation of first aspect, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

In the time that at least one virtual machine of arbitrary described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the Element management system EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends the request of application burst service to described VNFM; Wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the identification information of described at least one virtual machine and described virtual machine need be applied for; Wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine;

If when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described VNFM is directly transmitted to described VIM by the request of described application burst service; Or,

If when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described VNFM is according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under described virtual machine, and the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in described virtual machine is transmitted to described VIM simultaneously;

Described VIM judges whether to agree to receive described request according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine; Receive described request if agree to, described VIM is that described virtual machine distributes disk I/O QoS resource, needs the virtual machine of carrying out burst service to carry out described burst service so that described.

In conjunction with the first or any possible implementation of the second of first aspect, first aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

In the time that the virtual machine of at least two described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the Element management system EMS that described at least two VNF are corresponding sends respectively the request of application burst service to described VNFM; Wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the identification information of the described virtual machine of described VNF and described virtual machine need be applied for; Wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine;

Described VNFM is according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under the virtual machine of described at least two VNF, and the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in the virtual machine of described at least two VNF is sent to described VIM simultaneously;

In conjunction with the third or the 4th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, in the 5th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described VIM also comprises after agreeing to receive described request:

Described VIM sends request information to the virtual infrastructure NFVI of network function, so that the virtual machine that in described NFVI, Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM is described VNF increases disk I/O QoS resource, wherein, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase belongs to a part for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource;

Described VIM, after receiving the interpolation successful information of described NFVI reply, sends application successful information to described VNFM, so that described application successful information is transmitted to the EMS that described VNF is corresponding by described VNFM;

Described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service of described VNF, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

In conjunction with the third of first aspect, to the 5th kind of any possible implementation, in the 6th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described virtual machine also comprises after carrying out described burst service:

In the time of the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI.

In conjunction with the 6th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, in the 7th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI, comprising:

The EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, wherein, comprises the identification information of described virtual machine in described releasing request;

Described releasing request is transmitted to described VIM by described VNFM, so that described releasing request is transmitted to described NFVI by described VIM;

Described NFVI discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine.

In conjunction with the first or any possible implementation of the second of first aspect, first aspect, in the 8th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

In the time that at least one virtual machine of arbitrary described VNF need to be carried out burst service and described VNFM fault or described VNF and described VNFM disconnecting, if when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding directly sends the request of application burst service to described VIM; Or,

If when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, EMS corresponding to described VNF be according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under described virtual machine, and the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in described virtual machine is sent to described VIM simultaneously;

Wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the identification information of described at least one virtual machine and described virtual machine need be applied for; Wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine;

In conjunction with the 8th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, in the 9th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described VIM also comprises after agreeing to receive described request:

Described VIM sends request information to described NFVI, so that the virtual machine that in described NFVI, Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM is described VNF increases disk I/O QoS resource, wherein, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase belongs to a part for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource;

Described VIM, after receiving the interpolation successful information of described NFVI reply, sends application successful information to described EMS;

Described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

In conjunction with the 8th kind or the 9th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, in the tenth kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described virtual machine also comprises after carrying out described burst service:

In conjunction with the tenth kind of possible implementation of first aspect, in the 11 kind of possible implementation of first aspect, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI, comprising:

The EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, wherein, comprises the identification information of described virtual machine in described releasing request;

Described VIM is transmitted to described releasing request to described NFVI, so that described NFVI discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine.

Second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of virtual resource allocation device, described device is for the virtual NFV network of network function, and described device, comprising: the virtual machine of virtual network function manager VNFM, virtual infrastructure manager VIM and virtual network function VNF;

Wherein, described VNFM sends the request of application virtual resource for the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD to described VIM; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service; In the request of described application virtual resource, comprise described descriptor;

Described VIM is used for the request according to described application virtual resource and carries out resource distribution.

In conjunction with second aspect, in the possible implementation of the first of second aspect, described VIM specifically for:

According to the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application virtual resource request, and using in the disk I/O QoS resource of described hardware resource except the described disk I/O QoS resource of reserving remaining disk I/O QoS resource distribute to the virtual machine of described VNF and other VNF except described VNF as the disk I/O QoS resource of regular traffic;

In conjunction with the possible implementation of the first of second aspect, in the possible implementation of the second of second aspect, described VIM also specifically for:

By the disk I/O QoS resource division grade of reserved hardware resource, and set up the incidence relation between disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource and the hardware resource of described hardware resource according to predetermined interval;

The disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of the described hardware resource under the disk I/O QoS resource when disk I/O QoS resource while carrying out burst service according to described at least one virtual machine is determined described burst service;

Determine the hardware resource corresponding to disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of described hardware resource according to described incidence relation, and on described hardware resource, be the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described at least one virtual machine, wherein, maximum disk I/O QoS resource in the disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource that described reserved described disk I/O QoS resource is described hardware resource.

In conjunction with the first or any possible implementation of the second of second aspect, second aspect, in the third possible implementation of second aspect, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

Described EMS, in the time that at least one virtual machine of arbitrary described VNF need to be carried out burst service, sends the request of application burst service to described VNFM; Wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the identification information of described at least one virtual machine and described virtual machine need be applied for; Wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine;

If when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described VNFM specifically for: directly the request of described application burst service is transmitted to described VIM; Or,

If when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described VNFM specifically for: according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under described virtual machine, the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in described virtual machine is transmitted to described VIM simultaneously;

Described VIM specifically for: according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine judge whether agree to receive described request; Receiving described request if agree to, is that described virtual machine distributes disk I/O QoS resource, needs the virtual machine of carrying out burst service to carry out described burst service so that described.

In conjunction with the first or any possible implementation of the second of second aspect, second aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

In the time that the virtual machine of at least two described VNF need to be carried out burst service, EMS corresponding to described at least two VNF is respectively used to send to described VNFM the request of application burst service; Wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the identification information of the described virtual machine of described VNF and described virtual machine need be applied for; Wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine;

Described VNFM specifically for: according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under the virtual machine of described at least two VNF, the request that does not belong to the application burst service of the virtual machine of Same Physical resource in described at least two virtual machines is sent to described VIM simultaneously;

In conjunction with the third or the 4th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, in the 5th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described device also comprises: the virtual infrastructure NFVI of network function; Wherein, described NFVI comprises: Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM;

Described VIM specifically for: send request information to described NFVI; Also for: after receiving the interpolation successful information that described NFVI replys, send application successful information to described VNFM, so that described application successful information is transmitted to the EMS that described VNF is corresponding by described VNFM;

Described VMM specifically for: the virtual machine that is described VNF increases disk I/O QoS resource, and wherein, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase belongs to a part for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource;

Described EMS specifically for: notify described need of described VNF to carry out the virtual machine of burst service, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

In conjunction with the third of second aspect to the 5th kind of any possible implementation, in the 6th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described EMS specifically for: when the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, discharge the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI.

In conjunction with the 6th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, in the 7th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described EMS specifically for: send disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, wherein, in described releasing request, comprise the identification information of described virtual machine;

Described VNFM specifically for: described releasing request is transmitted to described VIM, so that described releasing request is transmitted to described NFVI by described VIM;

Described NFVI specifically for: the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine is discharged.

In conjunction with the first or any possible implementation of the second of second aspect, second aspect, in the 8th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

In the time that at least one virtual machine of arbitrary described VNF need to be carried out burst service and described VNFM fault or described VNF and described VNFM disconnecting, if when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described EMS specifically for: directly send the request of application burst service to described VIM; Or,

If when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described EMS specifically for: according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under described virtual machine, the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in described virtual machine is sent to described VIM simultaneously;

In conjunction with the 8th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, in the 9th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described device also comprises: the virtual infrastructure NFVI of network function; Wherein, described NFVI comprises: Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM;

Described VIM specifically for: send request information to described NFVI; Also for: after receiving the interpolation successful information that described NFVI replys, send application successful information to described EMS;

Described EMS specifically for: notify described need to carry out the virtual machine of burst service, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

In conjunction with the 8th kind or the 9th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, in the tenth kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described EMS specifically for: when the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, discharge the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI.

In conjunction with the tenth kind of possible implementation of second aspect, in the 11 kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described EMS specifically for: send disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, wherein, in described releasing request, comprise the identification information of described virtual machine;

Described VIM specifically for: described releasing request is transmitted to described NFVI;

In the present invention, the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of virtual network function manager VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to virtual infrastructure manager VIM; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service; In the request of described application virtual resource, comprise described descriptor; Further, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution, can more reasonably dispose business, make business can more effectively utilize physical resource, thereby improved the resource utilization of entire system.

Brief description of the drawings

In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment or description of the Prior Art be briefly described below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, do not paying under the prerequisite of creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of NFV network;

Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet that the present invention is based on the virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method one of disk I/O;

Fig. 3 A is the virtual resource allocation logical organization schematic diagram one that the present invention is based on disk I/O;

Fig. 3 B is the schematic flow sheet that the present invention is based on the virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method two of disk I/O;

Fig. 4 A is the virtual resource allocation logical organization schematic diagram two that the present invention is based on disk I/O;

Fig. 4 B is the schematic flow sheet that the present invention is based on the virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method three of disk I/O;

Fig. 5 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation device embodiment mono-of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation device embodiment bis-of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation device embodiment tri-of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation apparatus embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiment

For making object, technical scheme and the advantage of the embodiment of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtaining under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of NFV network, as shown in Figure 1, described NFV network structure comprises: business operation support system (operation support system/business support system, be called for short OSS/BSS), network function virtual management and layout module, the virtual infrastructure of network function (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure, be called for short NFVI), Element management system (Element Management System, be called for short EMS) and virtual network function VNF.Wherein, described OSS/BSS is for the operation of supporting business operation and maintenance.Described network function virtual management and layout module comprise: arranging service device, virtual network function manager (Virtual Network Function Manager, be called for short VNFM) and virtual infrastructure manager (Virtualized Infrastructure Manager is called for short VIM); Wherein, described arranging service device is for arranging service, and described VNFM is used for carrying out VNF deployment, comprises the management of VNF virtual resource; Described VIM is for providing unified VNF deployment interface and the dispatching distribution function of hardware resource.Described NFVI is used for all hardware resource of the disposed VNF that provides unified, comprises virtual resource, virtualization layer and hardware resource in described NFVI, and wherein, described virtual resource comprises: virtual calculating, virtual store and virtual network; Described hardware resource comprises: computing hardware, storage hardware and the network hardware.Described EMS is for NE management.

Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet that the present invention is based on the virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method one of disk I/O, and described method is for the virtual NFV network of network function, and as shown in Figure 2, the method for the present embodiment can comprise:

The descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of step 201, virtual network function manager VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to virtual infrastructure manager VIM; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service; In the request of described application virtual resource, comprise described descriptor.

Step 202, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the various dimensions descriptor of VNFM disk I/O QoS of at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer (Virtualized Network Function descriptor is called for short VNFD) is to virtual infrastructure manager VIM application virtual resource; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service.Alternatively, the various dimensions descriptor of the disk I/O QoS of the virtual machine for the VNFD that disposes VNF to arbitrary VNF can comprise: regular traffic disk I/O QoS information, and disk I/O qos value when described virtual machine is carried out regular traffic, such as 10IOPS; Burst service disk I/O QoS information, while being described virtual machine execution burst service (as data backup, recovery, inquiry, verification, long pass and download etc.), need the extra disk I/O qos value increasing, such as 50IOPS, wherein, described IOPS is the number of times (Input/Output Operations Per Second) that carries out read-write operation per second.Wherein, alternatively, the disk I/O qos value that described burst service disk I/O QoS information needs can be described virtual machine execution burst service time.

Alternatively, if described VNFM is during at least two virtual machine application resources, in described descriptor, can also comprise described virtual machine information, the disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when showing that each described virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present invention, in described VIM, can set up scheduling of resource subsystem (Resource Scheduler Subsystem, be called for short RSS), accordingly, in step 201, the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of virtual network function manager VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD is applied for virtual resource to the RSS in virtual infrastructure manager VIM.

Alternatively, in step 201, the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of described VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to described VIM; Wherein, in the request of described application virtual resource, comprise: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service.Alternatively, described VNFM is during at least two virtual machine application resources, in the request of described application virtual resource, can also comprise described virtual machine information, the disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when showing that each described virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of described VNFM virtual machine to a virtual network function VNF according to described VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to the RSS of described VIM, wherein, in the request of described application virtual resource, inclusion information is consistent with described descriptor, alternatively, the request of described application virtual resource can realize by the described VNFM of definition and described VIM interface, table 1 is first interface attribute between VNFM and VIM, as shown in table 1, between described VNFM and described VIM, the attribute of first interface comprises: field name, type and effect, disk I/O QoS resource information when described VIM knows that according to described first interface attribute described virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service, so that the multidimensional descriptor of described VIM disk I/O QoS during according to the regular traffic of described virtual machine and burst service is carried out reasonable resource distribution.

First interface attribute between table 1:VNFM and VIM

Alternatively, when described VNFM also can be simultaneously at least two virtual machine application resources (wherein, described at least two virtual machines can be the virtual machine of same VNF, also can be the virtual machine of different VNF, in the embodiment of the present invention to this and be not construed as limiting), the application virtual resource request of at least two virtual machines described in the descriptor of described VNFM disk read-write IO service quality QoS to described at least two virtual machines according to described VNFD sends to the RSS of described VIM simultaneously, alternatively, the virtual machine information of at least two virtual machines described in can comprising in the request of described application virtual resource, and disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when the execution regular traffic of the described virtual machine corresponding with described virtual machine information and burst service, disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when showing the execution regular traffic of each virtual machine and burst service.In the embodiment of the present invention, the request of described application virtual resource can realize by the described VNFM of definition and described VIM interface, table 2 is the second interface attributes between VNFM and VIM, as shown in table 2, between described VNFM and described VIM, the attribute of the second interface comprises: field name, type and effect are (alternatively, described virtual machine information can be the title of described virtual machine, or also can identify for other information of described virtual machine, the embodiment of the present invention is to this and be not construed as limiting), disk I/O QoS resource information when described VIM knows that according to described the second interface attributes described each virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service, so that the multidimensional descriptor of described VIM disk I/O QoS during according to the regular traffic of described virtual machine and burst service is carried out reasonable resource distribution.

The second interface attributes between table 2:VNFM and VIM

In step 202, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution.

Particularly, described VIM is according to the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application resource request, and using in the disk I/O QoS resource of described hardware resource except the described disk I/O QoS resource of reserving remaining disk I/O QoS resource distribute to the virtual machine of described VNF and other VNF except described VNF as the disk I/O QoS resource of regular traffic;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application resource request optimized allocation of resources of the disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when RSS basis of described VIM comprises described at least one virtual machine execution regular traffic and burst service.Alternatively, a part of disk I/O QoS resource of the disk I/O QoS resource information reserved hardware resource of the RSS of described VIM during according to the burst service of at least one virtual machine described in the multidimensional descriptor of the existing disk I/O QoS resource of hardware resource and described application resource request (wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when reserved described disk I/O QoS resource is more than or equal to the burst service of described at least one virtual machine, so that described at least one virtual machine of described at least one VNF is applied for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource in the time need to carrying out burst service), simultaneously using in the disk I/O QoS resource of described hardware resource except reserved described disk I/O QoS resource remaining disk I/O QoS resource distribute to the virtual machine of each VNF (being described VNF and other VNF except described VNF) as the disk I/O QoS resource of regular traffic.Such as, disk I/O QoS when disk I/O QoS while supposing a certain VNF virtual machine execution regular traffic is 10IOPS and burst service is 50IOPS, the disk I/O QoS of a certain server is 100IOPS, if according to the principle of carrying out resource distribution in prior art according to the disk I/O QoS peak value of virtual machine, on described server, can only dispose two virtual machines.And by contrast, if according to the Resource Allocation Formula in the invention process, using 50IOPS resource in the disk I/O QoS resource of described server as reserved disk I/O QoS resource, remaining 50IOPS resource is distributed to the virtual machine of described VNF and other VNF except described VNF as the disk I/O QoS resource of regular traffic simultaneously, therefore, on described server, can dispose the virtual machine of five these type of VNF.

Alternatively, described VIM, according to before the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application virtual resource request, also comprises:

In the embodiment of the present invention, when described VIM can be described at least two virtual machine Resources allocation simultaneously, described VIM according to predetermined interval by the disk I/O QoS resource division grade of reserved hardware resource, and set up the incidence relation between disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource and the hardware resource (as veneer or server) of described hardware resource, as three virtual machine VM (VM1, VM2 and VM3), and the disk I/O QoS resource when burst service of described three virtual machines is followed successively by 70IOPS, 80IOPS and 100IOPS, if the disk I/O QoS resource reference value of reserved hardware resource be 120IOPS (alternatively, the any disk I/O QoS resource value when burst service of virtual machine at least two virtual machines described in the disk I/O QoS resource reference value of reserved hardware resource should be more than or equal to), predetermined interval is 30IOPS, disk I/O QoS resource (120IOPS) by reserved hardware resource is divided into 4 grades, the disk I/O QoS resource of described 4 grades is respectively: the disk I/O QoS resource of grade 1 is for being more than or equal to 0IOPS and being less than or equal to 30IOPS, the disk I/O QoS resource of grade 2 is for being greater than 30IOPS and being less than or equal to 60IOPS, the disk I/O QoS resource of grade 3 is for being greater than 60IOPS and being less than or equal to 90IOPS, and the disk I/O QoS resource of class 4 is for being greater than 90IOPS and being less than or equal to 120IOPS, further, described VIM sets up the incidence relation between disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource and the described hardware resource of described hardware resource according to the size of the border disk I/O QoS resource value of the disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of the residue disk I/O QoS resource of hardware resource and described hardware resource, if remaining disk I/O QoS resource in hardware resource 1 is 100IOPS, owing to being less than the maximum disk I/O QoS resource value of described class 4, therefore, described hardware resource 1 is belonged to described grade 3 (setting up the incidence relation between disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource and the described hardware resource of described hardware resource), apply for so that meet arbitrary virtual machine that disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource that burst service disk I/O QoS resource belongs to described hardware resource is 3.Further, the disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of the described hardware resource under the disk I/O QoS resource when border disk I/O QoS resource value of the disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of the disk I/O QoS resource of described VIM during according to the burst service of described at least two virtual machines and described hardware resource is determined described burst service, as three virtual machine VM (VM1, VM2 and VM3), and the disk I/O QoS resource when burst service of described three virtual machines is followed successively by 70IOPS, 80IOPS and 100IOPS, therefore, disk I/O QoS resource when the burst service of known VM1 and VM2 belongs to the grade 3 of the disk I/O QoS resource of described hardware resource, and disk I/O QoS resource when the burst service of VM3 belongs to the class 4 of the disk I/O QoS resource of described hardware resource.Further, described VIM determines the hardware resource corresponding to disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of described hardware resource according to described incidence relation, and on described hardware resource, be the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described at least two virtual machines, wherein, maximum disk I/O QoS resource in the disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of the described hardware resource under disk I/O QoS resource when described reserved described disk I/O QoS resource is the described burst service of determining, alternatively, described VIM determines the hardware resource corresponding to disk I/O QoS hierarchical resource of described hardware resource according to described incidence relation, the grade 3 of the disk I/O QoS resource of hardware resource as described in disk I/O QoS resource during as the burst service of VM1 and VM2 belongs to, described VIM determines that according to described incidence relation described grade 3 can corresponding hardware resource 1, alternatively, can the deploying virtual machine (hardware resource) on same veneer or server of grade of the disk I/O QoS resource of same described hardware resource will be belonged in described at least two virtual machines, so that more reasonably Resources allocation of described VIM, to make full use of described resource.As described in VIM VM1 and VM2 can be deployed on hardware resource 1, VM3 is deployed on other hardware resource, thereby described VIM is that the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described VM1 and VM2 is 90IOPS on hardware resource 1, and on described other hardware resource for the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of VM3 is 120IOPS, so that apply in the time that VM1, VM2 or VM3 need to carry out burst service.Wherein, alternatively, described VIM can will belong to the deploying virtual machine (on hardware resource) on same veneer or server of the grade of the disk I/O QoS resource of same described hardware resource with VM3 in VM3 and other VM, thereby maximum possible is utilized resource.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of virtual network function manager VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to virtual infrastructure manager VIM; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service; In the request of described application virtual resource, comprise described descriptor; Further, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution, can more reasonably dispose business, make business can more effectively utilize physical resource, thereby improved the resource utilization of entire system.

Further, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

Described VIM judges whether to agree to receive described request according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine; Receiving described request if agree to, is that described virtual machine distributes disk I/O QoS resource, needs the virtual machine of carrying out burst service to carry out described burst service so that described.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the time that at least one virtual machine of arbitrary described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described EMS corresponding to described VNF sends the request that comprises the described identification information of at least one virtual machine and the application burst service of the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine need be applied for (disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine) to described VNFM, alternatively, the request of described application burst service can realize (wherein by the described EMS of definition and described VNFM interface, described application is operating as application burst disk I/O QoS).Table 3 is first interface attribute between EMS and VNFM, table 4 is the second interface attributes between EMS and VNFM, wherein, in the time that a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, realize by first interface between described EMS and described VNFM, as shown in table 3, described first interface attribute kit contains: field name, type and effect; If when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described EMS can concurrent execution send the request of applying for burst service to described VNFM, to improve the burst service execution efficiency of VNF, alternatively, by the second Interface realization between described EMS and described VNFM, as shown in table 4, described the second interface attributes comprises: field name, type and effect.

First interface attribute between table 3:EMS and VNFM

The second interface attributes between table 4:EMS and VNFM

Further, if when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described VNFM is directly transmitted to described VIM by the request of described application burst service, alternatively, can be by the 3rd Interface realization between the described VNFM of definition and described VIM, wherein, between described VNFM and described VIM, between the 3rd interface attributes and described EMS and VNFM, first interface attribute is identical, in the present embodiment, repeats no more.

Or, if when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, described VNFM can obtain by VIM the location distribution information (distributed intelligence of affiliated physical resource) of the described virtual machine of described VNF, and according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under described virtual machine, the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in described virtual machine is transmitted to described VIM simultaneously, to improve the burst service execution efficiency of VNF (in the time that two virtual machines on a VNF are deployed in respectively on two servers or veneer, in prior art, be to apply for successively according to virtual machine, therefore, the burst service execution efficiency of VNF is lower), alternatively, by defining the 4th Interface realization between described VNFM and described VIM, wherein, between described VNFM and described VIM, between the 4th interface attributes and described EMS and VNFM, the second interface attributes is identical, in the present embodiment, repeat no more.Alternatively, in the invention process, described VNFM can forward described request according to the distributed intelligence segmentation of physical resource under described virtual machine in batches, completes the burst service of VNF with the concurrent granularity of maximum.

Further, described VIM judges whether to agree to receive described request according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine, if when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, particularly, described VIM is according to remaining disk I/O QoS resource (wherein in described disk I/O QoS resource reserved in described hardware resource, described residue disk I/O QoS resource is the disk I/O QoS resource that is not yet assigned to the virtual machine of arbitrary VNF in described reserved disk I/O QoS resource) whether the disk I/O QoS resource judgment that need apply for described virtual machine agree to receive described request, if when described residue disk I/O QoS resource is more than or equal to the disk I/O QoS resource that described virtual machine need apply for, agree to receive described request, part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource is distributed to described virtual machine by described VIM, need the virtual machine of carrying out burst service to carry out described burst service so that described.

Or, if when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, particularly, whether described VIM agrees to receive described request according to remaining the disk I/O QoS resource judgment that disk I/O QoS resource and described at least two virtual machines need apply in described disk I/O QoS resource reserved in described hardware resource, wherein, the implementation that the first is possible: if described residue disk I/O QoS resource be more than or equal to described at least two virtual machines need apply for disk I/O QoS resource time, agree to receive described request, at least two virtual machines described in described VIM distributes to part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource, alternatively, can also return to application successful information to described EMS, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

The implementation that the second is possible: if when the described residue disk I/O QoS resource disk I/O QoS resource that at least one virtual machine need be applied at least two virtual machines described in being more than or equal to, agree to receive described request, part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource is distributed to described at least one virtual machine by described VIM, alternatively, can also be to described EMS returning part application successful information, in described part application successful information, can comprise the identification information of described at least one virtual machine, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service, further, described EMS can postpone a default duration and carry out resource bid for not applying for to the virtual machine of disk I/O QoS resource again, until apply for successfully, or described EMS can, after receiving the notification message of described VIM transmission, carry out resource bid for not applying for to the virtual machine of disk I/O QoS resource again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the time that the virtual machine of at least two described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the Element management system EMS that described at least two VNF are corresponding sends respectively the request of the identification information of the described virtual machine that comprises described VNF and the application burst service of the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine need be applied for to described VNFM, wherein, disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine, alternatively, the request of described application burst service can realize by least two corresponding EMS and described VNFM interfaces of VNF described in definition respectively, alternatively, if when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, between EMS corresponding to described VNF and EMS described in described VNFM interface attribute and above-described embodiment and VNFM, first interface attribute is identical, in the present embodiment, repeats no more, if when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, between EMS corresponding to described VNF and EMS described in described VNFM interface attribute and above-described embodiment and VNFM, the second interface attributes is identical, in the present embodiment, repeats no more.

In prior art, in the time that the virtual machine of at least two VNF need to be carried out burst service, apply for successively according to different VNF, therefore, the burst service execution efficiency of VNF is lower.And by contrast, in the application, the position of the described virtual machine that need to carry out burst service of at least two VNF information (distributed intelligence of affiliated physical resource) respectively described in described VNFM can obtain by described VIM, and according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under the described virtual machine of described at least two VNF, the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in the virtual machine of described at least two VNF is sent to described VIM simultaneously, to improve the burst service execution efficiency of VNF.Alternatively, realize by defining described VNFM and described VIM interface, wherein, between described VNFM and VNFM described in described VIM interface attribute and above-described embodiment and described VIM, the 4th interface attributes is identical, in the present embodiment, repeats no more.Alternatively, in the invention process, described VNFM can forward described request according to the distributed intelligence segmentation of physical resource under described virtual machine in batches, completes the burst service of VNF with the concurrent granularity of maximum.

Further, described VIM judges whether to agree to receive described request according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine, particularly, whether the disk I/O QoS resource judgment that described VIM need apply for according to the virtual machine that remains disk I/O QoS resource and described at least two VNF in described disk I/O QoS resource reserved in described hardware resource agrees to receive described request, wherein, the implementation that the first is possible: if described residue disk I/O QoS resource be more than or equal to described in the virtual machine of at least two VNF need apply for disk I/O QoS resource time, agree to receive described request, the virtual machine of at least two VNF described in described VIM distributes to part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource, alternatively, can also return to application successful information to described EMS, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

The implementation that the second is possible: if when the described residue disk I/O QoS resource disk I/O QoS resource that at least one virtual machine need be applied in the virtual machine of at least two VNF described in being more than or equal to, agree to receive described request, part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource is distributed to described at least one virtual machine by described VIM, alternatively, can also be to described EMS returning part application successful information, in described part application successful information, can comprise the identification information of described at least one virtual machine, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service, further, the EMS that described at least two VNF are corresponding can postpone a default duration and carry out resource bid for not applying for to the virtual machine of disk I/O QoS resource more respectively, until apply for successfully, or the EMS that described at least two VNF are corresponding can, after receiving the notification message of described VIM transmission, carry out resource bid for not applying for to the virtual machine of disk I/O QoS resource again.Alternatively, described VIM also comprises after agreeing to receive described request:

Described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service of described VNF, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service, alternatively, in described virtual machine, a certain module needs the burst service of a large amount of disk I/O.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after described VIM agrees to receive described request, send a request message to described NFVI, described request message comprises: described VIM distributes the identification information of the described virtual machine of part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource and the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine need be applied for the described virtual machine that means described VNF.Further, the disk I/O QoS resource information that VMM described in described NFVI need apply for according to described identification information and described virtual machine is that described virtual machine increases disk I/O QoS resource, wherein, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase equals the disk I/O QoS resource that described virtual machine need be applied for, alternatively, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase belongs to a part for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource.Further, described VIM, after receiving the interpolation successful information of described NFVI reply, sends application successful information to described VNFM, so that described application successful information is transmitted to the EMS that described VNF is corresponding by described VNFM; Described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service of described VNF, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

Further, described virtual machine also comprises after carrying out described burst service:

Particularly, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, wherein, comprises the identification information of described virtual machine in described releasing request;

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the time of the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, alternatively, described releasing request can be realized by the described EMS of definition and described VNFM interface, wherein, described interface refers between EMS described in above-described embodiment and VNFM between first interface attribute or described EMS and VNFM the second interface attributes (wherein, described application is operating as and discharges burst disk I/O QoS), in the embodiment of the present invention, do not repeat them here.Further, described releasing request is transmitted to described VIM by described VNFM, so that described releasing request is transmitted to described NFVI by described VIM; Described NFVI will discharge for the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine according to the identification information of virtual machine described in described releasing request, need to carry out the virtual machine of the NAV of burst service so that the VMM of described NFVI distributes to other by described reserved disk I/O QoS resource, thereby the resource utilization of entire system is provided.

Alternatively, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the time that at least one virtual machine of arbitrary described VNF need to be carried out burst service and described VNFM fault or described VNF and described VNFM disconnecting, if when a virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, EMS corresponding to described VNF directly sends the request that comprises the described identification information of at least one virtual machine and the application burst service of the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine need be applied for (disk I/O QoS resource when the described disk I/O QoS resource that needs application is less than or equal to the burst service of described virtual machine) to described VIM, alternatively, the request of described application burst service can realize by the described EMS of definition and described VIM interface.Alternatively, by defining first interface between described EMS and described VIM, between described EMS and described VIM, between EMS described in first interface attribute and above-described embodiment and described VNFM, first interface attribute is identical, does not repeat them here.

Or, if when at least two virtual machines of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding can obtain by VIM the location distribution information (distributed intelligence of affiliated physical resource) of the described virtual machine of described VNF, and according to the distributed intelligence of physical resource under described virtual machine, send to described VIM (in the time that two deploying virtual machines on a VNF are on two servers or veneer the request of application burst service of the virtual machine that does not belong to Same Physical resource in described virtual machine simultaneously, in prior art, be to apply for successively according to virtual machine, therefore, the burst service execution efficiency of VNF is lower), to improve the burst service execution efficiency of VNF, alternatively, the request of described application burst service can be by the second Interface realization between the described EMS of definition and described VIM, wherein, between described EMS and described VIM, between EMS described in the second interface attributes and above-described embodiment and described VNFM, the second interface attributes is identical, do not repeat them here.

Alternatively, described VIM also comprises after agreeing to receive described request:

In the embodiment of the present invention, after described VIM agrees to receive described request, send a request message to described NFVI, described request message comprises: described VIM distributes the identification information of the described virtual machine of part resource in described residue disk I/O QoS resource and the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine need be applied for the described virtual machine that means described VNF.Further, the disk I/O QoS resource information that VMM described in described NFVI need apply for according to described identification information and described virtual machine is that described virtual machine increases disk I/O QoS resource, wherein, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase equals the disk I/O QoS resource that described virtual machine need be applied for, alternatively, the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase belongs to a part for described reserved disk I/O QoS resource.Further, described VIM, after receiving the interpolation successful information of described NFVI reply, sends application successful information to EMS corresponding to described VNF; Described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service of described VNF, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service.

Particularly, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, wherein, comprises the identification information of described virtual machine in described releasing request;

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the time of the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, alternatively, described releasing request can be realized by the described EMS of definition and described VIM interface, wherein, described interface refers between EMS described in above-described embodiment and VIM between first interface attribute or described EMS and VIM the second interface attributes (wherein, described application is operating as and discharges burst disk I/O QoS), in the embodiment of the present invention, do not repeat them here.Further, described VIM is transmitted to described releasing request to described NFVI, so that described NFVI will discharge for the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine according to the identification information of virtual machine described in described releasing request, need to carry out the virtual machine of the NAV of burst service so that the VMM of described NFVI distributes to other by described reserved disk I/O QoS resource, thereby the resource utilization of entire system is provided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the descriptor of the disk read-write IO service quality QoS of virtual network function manager VNFM at least one virtual machine at least one virtual network function VNF according to virtual network function describer VNFD sends the request of application virtual resource to virtual infrastructure manager VIM; Wherein, described descriptor comprises: disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when described at least one virtual machine is carried out regular traffic and burst service; In the request of described application virtual resource, comprise described descriptor; Further, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution; Further, in the time that the virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding applies for the request of burst service by transmission, thereby can obtain energy disk I/O QoS resource, make business can more effectively utilize physical resource, thereby improved the resource utilization of entire system.

Fig. 3 A is the virtual resource allocation logical organization schematic diagram one that the present invention is based on disk I/O, and Fig. 3 B is the schematic flow sheet that the present invention is based on the virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method two of disk I/O.As shown in Figure 3A, in described EMS, set up Resource Manager Subsystem (Resource Management Subsystem, be called for short RMS) and described VIM in set up scheduling of resource subsystem (Resource Scheduler Subsystem, be called for short RSS), described server/veneer deploy has the virtual machine (being respectively VNF1-VM1 and VNF2-VM2) of two VNF, wherein, in each virtual machine VM business application module (APP Module) for carrying out a large amount of disk I/O business; Described VMM is used for realizing virtual, the disk access of service control virtual machine; Host OS is the host operating system on server or veneer; Described hardware comprises physical disk.

Shown in Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, described VNFM sends the request of application virtual resource to the RSS in described VIM, wherein, in the request of described application virtual resource, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information when disk I/O QoS resource information when virtual machine of VNF is carried out regular traffic and burst service, RSS in described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution, and return and apply for successfully to described VNFM, further, in the time that the virtual machine of described VNF need to be carried out burst service, the RMS of the corresponding EMS of described VNF sends the request of application burst service to described VNFM, wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the machine name of described virtual machine or ID and described virtual machine need be applied for, the request of described application burst service is transmitted to the RSS in described VIM by described VNFM, further, described RSS judges whether to agree to receive described request according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine, if when described residue disk I/O QoS resource is more than or equal to the disk I/O QoS resource that described virtual machine need apply for, agree to receive described request, and send request information to described NFVI, so that the virtual machine that described NFVI is described VNF increases disk I/O QoS resource (the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase can be less than or equal to described reserved disk I/O QoS resource), wherein, in described request information, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine machine name or ID and described virtual machine need be applied for, further, described NFVI returns to interpolation successful information to described RSS, described RSS sends application successful information to described VNFM, described application successful information is transmitted to described EMS by described VNFM, further, described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service, further, in the time of the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, wherein, comprises the identification information of described virtual machine in described releasing request, described releasing request is transmitted to described VIM by described VNFM, so that described releasing request is transmitted to described NFVI by described VIM, further, described NFVI discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine, and sends and discharge successful information to described VIM, described release successful information is transmitted to described VNFM by described VIM, described release successful information is transmitted to described EMS by described VNFM.

Fig. 4 A is the virtual resource allocation logical organization schematic diagram two that the present invention is based on disk I/O, and Fig. 4 B is the schematic flow sheet that the present invention is based on the virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method three of disk I/O.As shown in Figure 4 A, described VNFM fault or described VNF and described VNFM disconnecting, as shown in Figure 4 B, in the time that the virtual machine of VNF need to be carried out burst service, the RMS in described EMS directly sends the request of application burst service to RSS in described VIM, wherein, in the request of described application burst service, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that the machine name of described virtual machine or ID and described virtual machine need be applied for, further, described RSS judges whether to agree to receive described request according to the use status information of hardware resource under described virtual machine, if when described residue disk I/O QoS resource is more than or equal to the disk I/O QoS resource that described virtual machine need apply for, agree to receive described request, and send request information to described NFVI, so that the virtual machine that described NFVI is described VNF increases disk I/O QoS resource (the disk I/O QoS resource of described increase can be less than or equal to described reserved disk I/O QoS resource), wherein, in described request information, comprise: the disk I/O QoS resource information that described virtual machine machine name or ID and described virtual machine need be applied for, further, described NFVI returns to interpolation successful information to described RSS, described RSS sends application successful information to described EMS, further, described EMS notifies the described virtual machine that needs to carry out burst service, so that described virtual machine is carried out described burst service, further, in the time of the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding sends disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, so that described releasing request is transmitted to described NFVI by described VIM, wherein, the identification information that comprises described virtual machine in described releasing request, further, described NFVI discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine, and sends and discharge successful information to described VIM, described release successful information is transmitted to described EMS by described VIM.

Fig. 5 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation device embodiment mono-of the present invention.The virtual resource allocation device that the present embodiment provides is for the virtual NFV network of network function, as shown in Figure 5, the virtual resource allocation device 50 that the present embodiment provides comprises: the virtual machine 503 of virtual network function manager VNFM501, virtual infrastructure manager VIM502 and virtual network function VNF;

Alternatively, described VIM specifically for:

Alternatively, described VIM also specifically for:

The virtual resource allocation device of the present embodiment, can be for the present invention is based on the technical scheme of virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method one of disk I/O, and it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, repeats no more herein.

Fig. 6 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation device embodiment bis-of the present invention.The virtual resource allocation device 50 that the present embodiment provides is on the basis of Fig. 5 embodiment, and described device also comprises: Element management system EMS504; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

Alternatively, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS504; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

Alternatively, described device also comprises: the virtual infrastructure NFVI505 of network function; Wherein, described NFVI comprises: Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM;

Alternatively, described EMS specifically for: when the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, discharge the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI.

Alternatively, described EMS specifically for: send disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, wherein, in described releasing request, comprise the identification information of described virtual machine;

The virtual resource allocation device of the present embodiment, can be for the present invention is based on the technical scheme of virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method one or two of disk I/O, and it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, repeats no more herein.

Fig. 7 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation device embodiment tri-of the present invention.The virtual resource allocation device 50 that the present embodiment provides is on the basis of Fig. 5 embodiment, and described device also comprises: Element management system EMS504; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

Alternatively, described EMS specifically for: send disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, wherein, in described releasing request, comprise the identification information of described virtual machine;

The virtual resource allocation device of the present embodiment, can be for the present invention is based on the technical scheme of virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method one or three of disk I/O, and it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, repeats no more herein.

Fig. 8 is the structural representation of virtual resource allocation apparatus embodiments of the present invention.The virtual resource allocation equipment 80 that the present embodiment provides comprises processor 801 and storer 802.Wherein, alternatively, in described processor 801, can comprise: VNFM and VIM; Storer 802 is for storing execution instruction.In the time that virtual resource allocation equipment 80 moves, between processor 801 and storer 802, communicate by letter, processor 801 calls the execution instruction in storer 802, in order to carry out the operation of the technical scheme of arbitrary embodiment in the above-mentioned virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method based on disk I/O.

The virtual resource allocation equipment of the present embodiment, can be for carrying out the technical scheme in arbitrary embodiment in the above-mentioned virtual resource allocation embodiment of the method based on disk I/O of the present invention, and it realizes principle and technique effect is similar, repeats no more herein.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of step that realizes above-mentioned each embodiment of the method can complete by the relevant hardware of programmed instruction.Aforesaid program can be stored in a computer read/write memory medium.This program, in the time carrying out, is carried out the step that comprises above-mentioned each embodiment of the method; And aforesaid storage medium comprises: various media that can be program code stored such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CDs.

Finally it should be noted that: above each embodiment, only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to aforementioned each embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: its technical scheme that still can record aforementioned each embodiment is modified, or some or all of technical characterictic is wherein equal to replacement; And these amendments or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.

Claims

1. the virtual resource allocation method based on disk I/O, described method is used for the virtual NFV network of network function, it is characterized in that, and described method, comprising:

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described VIM according to described application virtual resource request carry out resource distribution, comprising:

3. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described VIM, according to before the disk I/O QoS resource of the reserved hardware resource of described application virtual resource request, also comprises:

4. according to the method described in any one in claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

5. according to the method described in any one in claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

6. according to the method described in claim 4 or 5, it is characterized in that, described VIM also comprises after agreeing to receive described request:

7. according to the method described in any one in claim 4-6, it is characterized in that, described virtual machine also comprises after carrying out described burst service:

8. method according to claim 7, is characterized in that, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI, comprising:

9. according to the method described in any one in claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, described VIM after according to described application virtual resource, resource distribution is carried out in request, also comprises:

10. method according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described VIM also comprises after agreeing to receive described request:

11. according to the method described in claim 9 or 10, it is characterized in that, described virtual machine also comprises after carrying out described burst service:

12. methods according to claim 11, is characterized in that, the EMS that described VNF is corresponding discharges the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI, comprising:

13. 1 kinds of virtual resource allocation devices, described device is used for the virtual NFV network of network function, it is characterized in that, and described device, comprising: the virtual machine of virtual network function manager VNFM, virtual infrastructure manager VIM and virtual network function VNF;

14. devices according to claim 13, is characterized in that, described VIM specifically for:

15. devices according to claim 14, is characterized in that, described VIM also specifically for:

16. according to the device described in any one in claim 13-15, it is characterized in that, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

17. according to the device described in any one in claim 13-15, it is characterized in that, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

18. according to the device described in claim 16 or 17, it is characterized in that, described device also comprises: the virtual infrastructure NFVI of network function; Wherein, described NFVI comprises: Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM;

19. according to the device described in any one in claim 16-18, it is characterized in that, described EMS specifically for: when the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, discharge the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI.

20. devices according to claim 19, is characterized in that, described EMS specifically for: send disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VNFM, wherein, in described releasing request, comprise the identification information of described virtual machine;

21. according to the device described in any one in claim 13-15, it is characterized in that, described device also comprises: Element management system EMS; Wherein, described EMS is the EMS that described VNF is corresponding;

22. devices according to claim 21, is characterized in that, described device also comprises: the virtual infrastructure NFVI of network function; Wherein, described NFVI comprises: Virtual Machine Manager subsystem VMM;

23. according to the device described in claim 21 or 22, it is characterized in that, described EMS specifically for: when the complete described burst service of described virtual machine, discharge the described disk I/O QoS resource increasing in described virtual machine by described NFVI.

24. devices according to claim 23, is characterized in that, described EMS specifically for: send disk I/O QoS resource release request to described VIM, wherein, in described releasing request, comprise the identification information of described virtual machine;