Dynamic Resource Allocation for Software Development Platforms

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing integrated software development platforms require manual tuning by administrators, which is slow, inefficient, and skill-dependent, as system administrators adjust complex configuration parameters over time to optimize performance and reliability.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that access software development data to set component parameters based on anticipated workloads, allocating system resources such as CPU, memory, and disk space dynamically to optimize resource allocation for software development platforms.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If system administrators manually tune configuration parameters based on experience, then the system can be optimized for performance and reliability, but the tuning process is slow, inefficient, and dependent on administrator skill

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem performance and reliabilityVSAvoidtuning time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically monitors workload metrics and adjusts configuration parameters without human intervention. The resource allocation system self-tunes by collecting performance data, analyzing workload patterns, and modifying system parameters autonomously, eliminating dependence on administrator expertise and significantly reducing tuning time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous monitoring of performance metrics and workload conditions, using this feedback to dynamically adjust configuration parameters. The feedback loop enables the system to learn from actual performance data and automatically optimize parameters based on real-time conditions, replacing manual experience-based tuning with data-driven automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If comprehensive configuration parameters are provided for tuning, then the system can be optimized for specific conditions, but the complexity of the system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem optimization capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system manages complexity by systematically organizing and managing configuration parameters through automated monitoring and adjustment. Rather than requiring administrators to understand numerous complex parameters, the system automatically monitors relevant metrics and adjusts parameters based on actual system conditions and workload patterns, maintaining adaptability while reducing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9898336B2Resource allocation for software development
Publication Date: 2018.02.20 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Software development data indicative of a development activity is accessed. A component parameter of a component of a software development platform is set, in which the component parameter is based upon, at least in part, an anticipated component workload associated with the development actively. At least one system resource is allocated for the component of the software development platform based upon, at least in part, the component parameter.