Real-Time Data Migration Controller for Zero-Downtime System Transitions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for migrating data between systems are costly, cumbersome, and inefficient, often requiring downtime or batch processing, which disrupts continuous access and customer interactions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for migrating data between systems without downtime, involving a setup with a client system, routing manager, buffer manager, migration controller, source system, and target system, which allows individual customer records to be moved or copied in real-time, ensuring continuous access and minimizing unavailability windows by using a migration controller to manage data verification and activation between systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If batch processing is used for data migration, then data can be moved between systems, but system downtime occurs and continuous access is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data migration process into individual record-level operations rather than batch processing. Each customer record is migrated independently through a queue system, allowing the system to continue accepting and processing new records during migration. This segmentation enables continuous system availability while maintaining migration productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary actions by establishing a queue system and routing manager before migration begins. The routing manager is pre-configured to direct records to appropriate systems, and the queue structure is prepared in advance to handle individual record flow. This preliminary setup enables seamless migration without requiring system downtime.
2Productivity
If traditional data migration methods are used, then data can be moved between systems, but the process becomes costly and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal routing manager that handles multiple functions: routing incoming records to the correct system, managing the migration queue, verifying data integrity, and coordinating between source and target systems. This multi-functional component reduces overall system complexity while maintaining high migration efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a buffer manager as an intermediary component between the queue and target system. This buffer manages memory allocation, handles data verification, and coordinates the flow of individual records. The intermediary simplifies the interaction between migration components and reduces the complexity of direct system-to-system communication.
3Reliability
If individual customer records are migrated in real-time, then continuous access is maintained, but data verification and activation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the routing manager continuously monitors the migration queue and target system status. Verification results feed back into the routing decisions, allowing the system to adjust migration pacing and handle verification failures automatically. This feedback loop maintains continuous access while managing verification complexity through automated control.
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AI summary
Methods and systems are provided for migrating data between systems without downtime. Handling data migration may include selecting data records for migration from a first record system to a second record system; migrating the data records from the first record system to the second record system, the migrating including loading copies of the data records into the second record system; controlling access to the data records during the migrating, the controlling including ensuring that the data records remain accessible and available during the migration; and for each data record of the data records verifying the copy of the data record in the second record system; and when the copy of the data record is successfully verified, marking the data record as available on the second record system, and updating user interaction related functions to use the copy of the data record in the second record system.