SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING AND MANAGING AN ELASTIC COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE

A system for provisioning an elastic computing infrastructure is provided. The system include a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The system also includes a management component executed by the at least one processor and configured to instantiate an objective object having a resource collection and instructions that specify processing performed by the objective object, the resource collection identifying at least one resource object that controls a capacity of at least one resource provided by at least one computer system, the capacity being sufficient for processing to be performed at a predetermined performance level.