Distributed Testing System Coordinator for Adaptive Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing distributed testing methodologies face challenges in ensuring dynamic and adaptive coordination among distributed test components in distributed computing systems, which hinders efficient execution of distributed test scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A modular, extensible, and reusable distributed testing system is implemented using a service-oriented architecture, incorporating test services such as atomic synchronization, lock manager, publish/subscribe, distributed shared memory, and producer/consumer services to enable dynamic and adaptive coordination among test components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a distributed tester model with multiple independent test components is used, then scalability and efficiency are improved, but dynamic and adaptive coordination among test components becomes difficult to ensure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a coordinator component as an intermediary that manages communication and coordination between distributed test components. The coordinator maintains a registry of test components, distributes test scenarios, and coordinates execution, thereby reducing the coordination complexity among independent components while maintaining scalability and efficiency.
2Adaptability or versatility
If test components are deployed on multiple computing nodes in different locations, then scalability is improved, but ensuring dynamic and adaptive coordination becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The coordinator is designed as a universal component that can operate across multiple computing nodes and locations. It provides multi-functional capabilities including test scenario management, component registration, communication coordination, and execution control, enabling the system to scale while maintaining manageable coordination complexity through a single centralized controller.
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AI summary
A fully distributed system for testing a distributed computing system utilizes test services exposed in conjunction by independent test components deployed on one or more computing nodes of the distributed computing system. The test services ensure dynamic and adaptive coordination amongst the test components. The test services include but are not limited to: an atomic synchronization service; a distributed shared memory service; a lock manager service; a publish/subscribe service; and a producer/consumer service.