Converged Infrastructure Network Switch Data Analytics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current IT infrastructure and storage systems are vulnerable to attacks, with network and storage protection systems often being separate and costly to implement, allowing hackers to penetrate and compromise data security once network security is breached.

Innovation Solution

A converged infrastructure system that captures and analyzes metadata and content data across network paths to protect IT infrastructure by associating network protocols with payload data, enabling identification of data patterns, prediction of data movement, and protection of storage systems through data analytics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If separate network and storage protection systems are implemented, then security coverage is improved, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity coverageVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines network protection and storage protection into a single unified system. The network switch integrates multiple protection functions including network path analysis, metadata collection, content data inspection, and storage monitoring within one device, eliminating the need for separate protection systems while maintaining comprehensive security coverage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The network switch is designed to perform multiple protection functions simultaneously: capturing metadata from network paths, analyzing content data, monitoring storage systems, and performing data analytics. This multi-functional approach provides broad security coverage while reducing the number of devices needed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive data capture and analysis is performed, then detection precision is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedetection precisionVSAvoidanalysis time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously capturing and pre-processing metadata and content data in the background before security events occur. The network switch collects and stores protection data proactively, enabling rapid analysis and response when security events are detected without time-consuming data collection during incidents

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical data analysis methods with data analytics technologies including machine learning and automated pattern recognition. These computational methods rapidly analyze captured data to detect security events, achieving high detection precision without the time delays associated with manual or traditional analytical approaches

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10185830B1Big data analytics in a converged infrastructure system

Publication Date: 2019.01.22 EMC IP HLDG CO LLC

AI summary

A method, a computer program product, a system for analyzing data in a converged infrastructure system, comprising capturing metadata associated with a network path via a port on a network switch enabled to collect metadata; capturing content data associated with the metadata via the port on the network switch enabled to collect metadata; and performing data analytics on the metadata and the content data.