Cross-Cluster Task Scheduling With Centralized Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communications technologies are limited to internal communication within a single cluster, preventing task cross-cluster scheduling and resource sharing between different clusters, and existing authentication methods like Kerberos restrict the number of clusters that can be authenticated.
Innovation Solution
Implement a central cluster that acts as a unified scheduling and control center to determine and authorize resource usage across multiple clusters, using a Central Authentication Service (CAS) for secure cross-cluster communication and task execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single cluster is used for task execution, then authentication is simple, but resource utilization efficiency is low and scalability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central authentication service as an intermediary component that manages authentication between multiple clusters. This mediator handles the complex authentication logic centrally, allowing individual clusters to remain simple while enabling multi-cluster scalability. The central authentication service receives authentication requests from any cluster and returns authentication results, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining simple authentication and achieving multi-cluster scalability.
2Productivity
If cross-cluster scheduling is implemented, then resource sharing and utilization efficiency improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the scheduling system into independent cluster units that can be managed individually. Each cluster maintains its own resource management capabilities while the central authentication service provides unified access control. This segmentation allows resource sharing across clusters (improving utilization efficiency) while keeping each cluster's internal structure simple and manageable, thus resolving the contradiction between resource utilization and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The central authentication service is designed as a universal component that serves all clusters in the system. It provides multi-functional capabilities including authentication, authorization, and cluster registration, which can be extended to support additional clusters without increasing individual cluster complexity. This universal design enables resource sharing across multiple clusters while maintaining a standardized, manageable system architecture.
3Reliability
If traditional authentication methods like Kerberos are used, then authentication is established, but the number of authenticated clusters is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the authentication model from traditional mutual authentication (where clusters must trust each other directly) to a centralized authentication model. The key parameter change is the introduction of a central authentication authority that issues tokens and manages cluster credentials. This parameter change allows any number of clusters to be authenticated by the central service without requiring pre-established trust relationships between all clusters, thus increasing the number of authenticated clusters while maintaining authentication reliability through the centralized security model.
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AI summary
This application provides a scheduling method and apparatus, and a related device. The method includes a central cluster receiving a scheduling request sent by a first cluster, and determining a second cluster that meets the scheduling request. The central cluster indicates the first cluster to execute a task by using the second cluster. The method can support task cross-cluster scheduling, thereby implementing resource sharing between different clusters, and increasing resource utilization.