Graphical Command Module for Data Archiving Policy Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional backup systems are cumbersome and impractical for managing data archiving across multiple client computers and repositories due to the complexity of setting up policies for data storage and compliance with regulatory requirements, lacking a centralized, visual management system.
Innovation Solution
A graphical command module for an archiving management system that allows users to visually identify data sources, storage devices, and data paths, and establish policies, which are then compiled into rules for implementation by a node manager and distributor, enabling efficient data backup and storage management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional backup systems are used to manage data archiving across multiple client computers and repositories, then data backup functionality is provided, but the system becomes cumbersome and impractical due to the complexity of setting up policies for data storage and compliance with regulatory requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized command module as an intermediary between the user and the complex backup system. This command module provides a graphical user interface that abstracts away the complexity of policy setup, allowing users to configure data archiving policies visually without needing to understand the underlying system complexity. The command module translates user-friendly policy definitions into the actual system configuration, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and system complexity.
2Reliability
If manual policy setup is performed at a granular level for each data type and repository, then compliance with regulatory requirements is achieved, but the process becomes very tedious and impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The command module provides a universal interface that can manage multiple data sources, repositories, and policy types through a single graphical interface. Instead of requiring separate manual configuration for each data type and repository, the system allows users to define policies universally that can be applied across multiple targets. The system then automatically distributes and enforces these policies, ensuring compliance while dramatically reducing the time required for configuration.
3Ease of operation
If a centralized command module with graphical interface is implemented, then ease of policy management is improved, but additional system components are introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The command module serves as an intermediary layer that provides graphical interface functionality without fundamentally changing the underlying backup system architecture. It translates user-friendly visual interactions into system commands, allowing the system to maintain its existing structure while gaining enhanced usability. This approach improves ease of operation without requiring a complete system redesign.
Data Source
AI summary
A data management system that is enabled such that the user can select a data source node, a repository and a data path, choose policies for each and distribute the policies to be managed by the management system.