Each of the steps of the method 800 may be performed by any suitable component of the operating environment. For example, in various embodiments, the method 800 may be partially or entirely performed by one or more servers, computers, or some other device having one or more processors therein. The processor, e.g., processing circuit(s), chip(s), and/or module(s) implemented in hardware and/or software, and preferably having at least one hardware component may be utilized in any device to perform one or more steps of the method 800. Illustrative processors include, but are not limited to, a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc., combinations thereof, or any other suitable computing device known in the art.

As shown in FIG. 8, method 800 may initiate with operation 802, where a deployed computation algorithm is received by a storlet scheduler. Additionally, method 800 may proceed with decision 804, where it is determined by the storlet scheduler whether a category has been specified for the deployed computation algorithm. For example, the category may include a type of virtualization unit required to execute the deployed computation algorithm (e.g., a freeware application, a commercial application, an evaluation application, a pay-per-use application, etc.).