Allocating shaping resources for a cloud computing environment based on transfer speeds associated with the shaping resources

A device stores shaping resource information in a data structure, where the shaping resource information includes identifiers associated with shaping resources of the device, information indicating whether the shaping resources are available, and information indicating transfer speeds associated with the shaping resources. The device defines a group of available shaping resources based on the shaping resource information stored in the data structure, and receives a packet requesting a particular transfer speed associated with transmitting the packet. The device performs a search of the group of available shaping resources based on the particular transfer speed requested by the packet, and identifies, based on the search, a list of one or more available shaping resources with transfer speeds that match the particular transfer speed requested by the packet. The device transmits the packet toward a destination via one of the one or more available shaping resources provided in the list.