公开(公告)号：US11929838B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US18196182

申请日：2023-05-11

Applicant: VMware, LLC

Inventor： Madan Singhal ,  Amol Manohar Vaikar ,  Ambarish Prashant Pande ,  Shubhrajyoti Mohapatra ,  Pratiksha Ishwarlal Gugale ,  Devraj Narendra Baheti ,  Prahalad Gowardhan Deshpande ,  Abhijit Sharma

IPC: H04L12/14 ,  H04L67/10

CPC classification number: H04L12/1421 ,  H04L67/10

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for evaluating locations of applications in a multi-cloud network with applications located in different cloud datacenters of one or more cloud providers. The method receives data for flows collected from the cloud datacenters. The data for each flow indicates a source and destination of the flow and applications to which at least one of the source and destination of the flow belong. The method uses network topology data to identify a subset of the flows as egress flows, each of which is charged by a cloud provider at which the flow source is located. Based on data from the cloud providers, the method determines a cost for each of the egress flows and a cost associated with each of the applications. The method provides these costs to users of the network for the users to optimize locations of the applications in the different cloud datacenters.