Centralized Data Protection Policy Distribution Across Nodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional backup systems face challenges in managing complex data protection topologies with multiple nodes and policies, requiring manual setup of data archiving and storage policies, which is tedious and impractical due to the vast number of data types, regulatory requirements, and bandwidth limitations.
Innovation Solution
A data system that enables synchronized data protection operations across multiple nodes, allowing for efficient setup of data protection policies through a central command module, with nodes communicating sequence information to perform data protection operations such as backups, mirroring, and archiving in a synchronized manner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual setup of data protection policies is used for each node, then policy customization is possible, but system complexity and setup time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the policy management functionality into a centralized command module that distributes policies to multiple nodes automatically. This combining of central化的 policy definition with distributed execution resolves the contradiction by providing both customization capability and reduced complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The sequence information acts as an intermediary mechanism that translates high-level policy definitions into node-specific execution instructions. This intermediary layer allows policy customization without requiring manual configuration at each node, thus reducing system complexity while maintaining adaptability.
2Reliability
If manual configuration of data archiving policies is performed, then compliance requirements can be met, but the process becomes tedious and impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically generating and distributing compliance policies to nodes based on central化的 definitions. The nodes autonomously execute their designated data protection operations without requiring manual intervention, thus ensuring compliance while greatly easing operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The command module performs preliminary action by pre-configuring and distributing policy sequences to all nodes before execution begins. This advance preparation ensures compliance requirements are built into the system architecture rather than manually enforced, making the process both reliable and easy to operate.
3Productivity
If data protection operations are performed without synchronization, then operational speed is maintained, but data consistency across nodes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where nodes report their operational status and data state back to the command module. This feedback loop enables the system to maintain synchronization and data consistency across distributed nodes while allowing parallel operations to proceed at high speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The data protection operations are segmented into discrete, independently executable tasks that can be performed in parallel across nodes. Each node executes its segmented portion of the workflow independently but contributes to the overall synchronized outcome, maintaining both speed and consistency.
4Device complexity
If centralized data storage is used, then backup management is simplified, but bandwidth restrictions limit client access speed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a single centralized storage dimension to a distributed multi-dimensional storage architecture. Data is replicated across multiple nodes in the network, allowing clients to access data from geographically and network-wise distributed locations, thus maintaining management simplicity while dramatically improving access speed through parallel pathways.
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AI summary
The present application relates to a data system for managing synchronized data protection operations at plural nodes of the data system, the data system including at least a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is communicably connected to the second node and is configured to operate on the basis of first sequence information, the first node being configured to perform a first data protection operation and to transmit a synchronization notification to the second node on the basis of respective instructions included in the first sequence information, and wherein the second node is configured to receive the synchronization notification from the first node and to operate on the basis of second sequence information, the second node being configured to perform a second data protection operation upon receipt of the synchronization notification on the basis of a respective instruction included in the second sequence information.