Centralized Registry for Dynamic Service Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

The integration of new data centers or facilities into existing network and computing infrastructure is delayed due to the need for manual configuration and coordination by central human coordinators, creating a significant backlog and overhead.

Innovation Solution

A centralized registry is implemented to dynamically generate service configurations for new regions or data centers, allowing automatic notification and configuration of service teams, thereby streamlining the integration process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If manual configuration by central human coordinators is used, then configuration accuracy can be maintained, but integration time and overhead increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration timeVSAvoidmanual configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service configuration where the new data center itself automatically receives and processes configuration requests from service teams. The centralized registry automatically notifies relevant service teams and tracks configuration status without requiring manual coordination, allowing the system to serve itself in the configuration process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual coordination system with an automated registry-based system. Instead of human coordinators manually tracking and notifying service teams, a centralized registry automatically manages configuration requests, notifications, and status tracking through digital mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If centralized human coordination is implemented, then configuration control is maintained, but productivity decreases due to backlog

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeployment speedVSAvoidcoordination process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The coordination process is segmented into independent components: a centralized registry that manages configuration requests, individual service teams that receive notifications, and automated tracking mechanisms. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently and efficiently, reducing overall process complexity while maintaining control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized registry acts as an intermediary between service teams and the new data center configuration process. It automatically receives configuration requests, notifies relevant service teams, and tracks progress, eliminating the need for direct human coordination while maintaining centralized control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of time

If manual service setup is used, then configuration accuracy is maintained, but time loss increases due to backlog

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration timeVSAvoidconfiguration process
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the centralized registry with predefined service team information and configuration templates. When a new data center is deployed, the registry automatically retrieves relevant configuration data and generates notifications in advance, eliminating the need for manual setup and reducing configuration time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11853802B1Centralized and dynamically generated service configurations for data center and region builds
Publication Date: 2023.12.26 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Disclosed are various embodiments for centralized and dynamically generated service configurations for data center and other region builds. A computing environment may be configured to receive requests to deploy a new computing stack or service from different geographical regions at a central service. For the individual ones of the requests, the computing environment may identify computing resources of the computing environment required to deploy the new computing stack or service, determine an order of creation of the computing resources, and create at least one virtual process that automatically allocates the computing resources for the new computing stack based on a predetermined order of creation.