A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MOVING COMPUTING WORKLOADS TO PUBLIC CLOUDS

摘要

An automated approach to analyzing computer workloads and cloud computing environments to support moving and hosting the workloads within the cloud computing environments. A workload may be identified and analyzed based upon business and technical attributes to determine whether the workload is suitable for moving to a cloud computing environment. Similarly, public clouds may be identified and analyzed based upon their business and technical attributes to determine whether the public clouds are suitable for hosting a workload. The analysis of the public clouds may be based on a particular workload, a category of workloads, or irrespective of workloads or workload categories. A best- fit public cloud may be identified for a workload determined to be suitable for moving to a public cloud environment based upon the analyses.