Abstract: A scheduler module receives a first allocation request for a given amount of a resource in a cloud computing platform that an application program currently needs. The scheduler module allocates the given amount of the resource to the application program for a first time slot. The given amount of allocated resource is received back at the scheduler module upon expiration of the first time slot for subsequent allocation. The scheduler module receives a second allocation request for a given amount of a resource that an application program currently needs. The scheduler module allocates the given amount of the resource to the application program for a second time slot. The given amount of allocated resource is received back at the scheduler module upon expiration of the second time slot for subsequent allocation.

Abstract: A time-series data cache is operatively coupled between a time-series analytics application program and a time-series data store, and configured to temporarily store portions of the time-series data. The time-series data store is configured to persistently store time-series data. The time-series data cache is further configured to be responsive to one or more data read requests received from the time-series analytics application program.

Abstract: A method for managing container images in a container hosting environment, comprising a set of machine nodes for hosting container images, comprises the following steps. At a machine node of the set of machine nodes, at least one image layer of a container image comprising multiple image layers is identified for compaction. The identified image layer is compacted by merging data of the identified layer with data of another image layer of the container image. The data of the compacted image layer is transmitted to a backup store remote from the machine node for storage. The set of machine nodes and the backup store are implemented via processing devices operatively coupled via a communication network to form the container hosting environment. The compacted image layer may then be recovered from the backup store.

Abstract: A method for processing a data request in a software defined storage system, wherein the software defined storage system comprises one or more nodes configured as a set of client modules operatively coupled to a set of server modules, comprises the following steps. A data request with a data set is received at one of the set of client modules. One or more data services (e.g., deduplication and/or data compression) are performed on the data set, wherein the performance of the one or more data services on the data set is dynamically shared between one or more of the set of client modules and one or more of the set of server modules.

Abstract: A method of controlling one or more data services in a computing environment includes the following steps. A request to one of read data from and write data to one or more storage devices in a computing environment is obtained from an application executing on a host device in the computing environment. One or more application-aware parameters associated with the data of the request are obtained. Operation of the one or more data services is controlled based on the one or more application-aware parameters.

Abstract: A container image registry is maintained at each host device in a set of host devices in a container hosting environment. A container image is composed of one or more container image layers such that each container image registry of each host device is configured to be able to store one or more different layers of one or more different container images. The method tracks which container image registry at which host device contains which container image layers. At each host device, one or more container images are obtained for launching one or more application programs. For a given host device, the one or more container images are obtained from one or more of: (i) one or more container image layers stored in its container image registry; and (ii) one or more container image layers stored in the container image registry of another host device.