Distributed Searchable Index for Stress Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data storage solutions lack flexibility in retrieving data objects based on attributes other than file paths, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs as data stores grow, requiring extensive administrative management and hardware additions.
Innovation Solution
A searchable data service system provides a searchable index and interface that allows client applications to retrieve data objects from a backend data store based on attributes, implemented as a distributed system with automated stress management, using a Web service interface and gossip/anti-entropy protocols for scalability and reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional data storage solutions are used, then data objects can be stored and retrieved by file path, but the system lacks flexibility to retrieve data objects based on other attributes like category, company, or type
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a searchable index as an intermediary layer between the data store and client applications. This index enables flexible attribute-based queries without modifying the underlying data storage structure, allowing clients to retrieve data objects by attributes such as category, company, or type while maintaining the simplicity of the storage system.
2Quantity of substance
If data store grows in size, then more data can be stored, but administrative management and hardware additions become more difficult and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data storage system into a data store component and a searchable index component. This segmentation allows the system to handle large volumes of data by distributing the indexing and querying functions, reducing the administrative burden on operators as the data store grows in size.
3Productivity
If conventional data storage solutions are used, then data can be stored, but query optimizations and monitoring require extensive system administrator intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The searchable index enables the system to perform query optimizations automatically without requiring extensive system administrator intervention. The index structure itself facilitates efficient attribute-based queries, allowing the system to self-optimize performance as data grows without manual intervention.
4Adaptability or versatility
If table schemas are changed to support new attributes, then new query capabilities can be added, but system complexity and downtime increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic searchable index that can accommodate new attributes without requiring changes to the underlying data store schema. This allows the system to adapt to new query requirements by updating the index structure dynamically, maintaining system availability and avoiding downtime associated with schema changes.
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AI summary
Method and apparatus for stress management in a searchable data service. The searchable data service may provide a searchable index to a backend data store, and an interface to build and query the searchable index, that enables client applications to search for and retrieve locators for stored entities in the backend data store. Embodiments of the searchable data service may implement a distributed stress management mechanism that may provide functionality including, but not limited to, the automated monitoring of critical resources, analysis of resource usage, and decisions on and performance of actions to keep resource usage within comfort zones. In one embodiment, in response to usage of a particular resource being detected as out of the comfort zone on a node, an action may be performed to transfer at least part of the resource usage for the local resource to another node that provides a similar resource.