Cloud Resource Disposition via Decay Surface Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
In cloud managed services, abandoned computing resources such as virtual machines, data, and applications are often discarded without being reused, despite their potential value, leading to inefficiencies and unnecessary costs in recreating resources from scratch.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatically determining the disposition of computing resources in a cloud environment, including identifying abandoned resources and determining actions for reuse, resale, or auctioning, using a multidimensional decay surface and compliance checks to ensure secure and compliant reuse.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If abandoned computing resources are discarded without reuse, then resource management is simple, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates and unnecessary costs are incurred
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables abandoned computing resources to automatically determine their own disposition through self-evaluation of their state and value. The resource itself participates in the decision-making process by providing information about its condition, configuration, and potential reuse value, reducing the need for complex external management intervention while improving utilization efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where information about abandoned resources flows back to the resource management system. This feedback includes resource state, configuration details, and reuse potential, enabling the system to make informed decisions about disposition actions such as reuse, auctioning, or resale, thereby resolving the contradiction between simple management and efficient utilization.
2Loss of energy
If computing resources are automatically reused, then costs are reduced, but compliance and security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary compliance checks and security validations before executing any reuse disposition actions. By evaluating resource state, configuration, and potential risks in advance, the system ensures that only compliant and secure resources are reused, preventing compliance violations and security breaches while still achieving cost reduction through resource reuse.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary evaluation layer between the abandoned resource and the reuse action. This intermediary performs compliance verification, security assessment, and disposition determination, acting as a mediator that ensures reuse actions meet compliance and security requirements while enabling cost-effective resource utilization.
3Quantity of substance
If abandoned resources are identified and evaluated for reuse, then resource value is maximized, but processing time and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameters of evaluation by focusing on key attributes such as resource state, configuration, and reuse potential rather than comprehensive analysis. By evaluating resources based on critical parameters and using automated classification, the system maximizes resource value identification while minimizing processing time and avoiding unnecessary system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for managing cloud-based resources. The system includes a computer interface for receiving a computing resource. A computer including at least one central processing unit is configured to determine that the computing resource is abandoned and, upon determining the computer resource is abandoned, determine a disposition action for the computing resource.