Snapshot-based pooling of virtual resources for efficiently developing and testing hyper-converged infrastructure environments

CN116302302BActive Publication Date: 2026-07-07DELL PROD LP
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
DELL PROD LP
Filing Date
2021-12-21
Publication Date
2026-07-07

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Technical Problem

The development and testing of HCI environments are inefficient, especially when setting up multi-node HCI clusters, which is a slow process.

Method used

Dynamic management of the snapshot pool is achieved by creating a snapshot pool that includes virtual resource snapshots, maintaining a desired number of virtual resource snapshots, adjusting the composition of the snapshot pool using snapshot thresholds, including automatically adding or terminating virtual resources in response to snapshot events.

Benefits of technology

It improves the development and testing efficiency of the HCI environment by optimizing the snapshot configuration process, simplifying the deployment and testing process of the HCI cluster, simplifying the technical means, and improving the development and testing efficiency of the HCI cluster.

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Abstract

A disclosed method for developing and testing a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform creates a snapshot pool with one or more virtual resource snapshots, including one or more virtual node snapshots, one or more virtual cluster snapshots, or both. The snapshot pool can be maintained with a desired number of the virtual resource snapshots by adjusting the composition of the snapshot pool in response to snapshot events, including events that alter the composition of the snapshot pool or the configuration of the HCI platform. The desired number of virtual resource snapshots can be determined according to one or more snapshot thresholds. The snapshot thresholds can include snapshots related to the number of virtual node snapshots in the snapshot pool and / or snapshots related to the number of virtual cluster snapshots. In particular, the thresholds can include cluster maximum and minimum values and node maximum and minimum values.
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