Cloud Network Configuration Recommendations via Aggregated Data Clustering
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Solution Overview
Problem
System administrators face labor-intensive and time-consuming tasks when manually configuring computer networking environments, limited by individual judgment and experience, necessitating improved automation for setting and adjusting configurations.
Innovation Solution
A cloud network management device aggregates infrastructure specifications to determine recommended configurations for client networking environments by clustering similar environments and analyzing common configuration settings, providing automated recommendations to system administrators.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If system administrators manually configure networking environments, then configurations can be customized based on individual judgment and experience, but the process becomes labor-intensive and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating configuration recommendations based on aggregated data from similar networking environments. The cloud management device autonomously analyzes infrastructure specifications and determines optimal configurations without requiring manual administrator intervention, thus improving productivity while maintaining customization through data-driven insights
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously aggregating configuration data from multiple networking environments and using this accumulated information to improve future configuration recommendations. The cloud management device learns from past configurations and performance outcomes, refining its recommendations over time to balance automation with customized optimization
2Adaptability or versatility
If system administrators manually configure networking environments, then individual expertise can be applied, but variability and inconsistency increase across different environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by creating a standardized configuration framework that can be applied across diverse networking environments. The cloud management device uses a universal methodology to analyze infrastructure specifications and generate recommendations that maintain consistency while adapting to specific environment requirements through aggregated learnings from multiple sources
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies parameter changes by dynamically adjusting configuration parameters based on aggregated data from similar environments. Rather than using fixed rules, the cloud management device modifies configuration parameters according to patterns learned from multiple networking environments, ensuring both consistency and adaptability
3Manufacturing precision
If manual configuration methods are used, then detailed attention can be given to each environment, but scalability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies segmentation by breaking down the configuration process into distinct analytical components. The cloud management device segments infrastructure specifications into key parameters, analyzes each segment against aggregated data from similar environments, and recombines them into comprehensive configuration recommendations, enabling detailed analysis at scale
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud management device serves as an intermediary between individual networking environments and the broader aggregate data. It mediates by collecting infrastructure specifications, comparing them against aggregated configurations from similar environments, and translating this information into tailored configuration recommendations, thus enabling scalable detailed configuration
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for recommending configurations for a client networking environment based on aggregated cloud managed information. A cloud network management device can receive a first set of infrastructure specifications describing a first client networking environment. The cloud network management device can determine a set of recommended configurations for the first client networking environment based on the first set of infrastructure specifications and configurations for one or more client networking environments determined to be similar to the first client networking environment. The cloud network management device can provide the set of recommended configurations to a client device associated with the first client networking environment.