Grid Integration Broker for Management Framework Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration of management frameworks with an enterprise manager in grid computing systems is complex, time-consuming, and often requires manual intervention due to the lack of standardized APIs, leading to inefficiencies and scalability issues.
Innovation Solution
A grid integration broker facilitates bi-directional communication between management frameworks and an enterprise manager, eliminating the need for individual integrations by using a common object or descriptive model and transformers to convert proprietary formats, enabling scalable and efficient resource sharing across the grid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If individual integrations are created between enterprise manager and each management framework, then bi-directional communication is enabled, but integration complexity and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a grid integration broker as an intermediary component that mediates between the enterprise manager and multiple management frameworks. Instead of creating direct integrations between the enterprise manager and each framework, the broker acts as a universal interface that handles communication protocols, data format transformations, and request routing. This intermediary approach enables bi-directional communication capability while significantly reducing integration complexity, as the broker absorbs the complexity of dealing with different frameworks' specific requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The grid integration broker is designed as a universal component that can interface with multiple different management frameworks simultaneously. It provides multi-functional capabilities including protocol translation, data format conversion, request aggregation, and response distribution. By making the broker universal rather than creating framework-specific integrations, the system achieves ease of operation across diverse frameworks without proportionally increasing integration complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual intervention is used for integration, then customization can be achieved, but productivity and scalability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs parameter changes by allowing the grid integration broker to dynamically adjust its behavior based on configuration parameters rather than requiring manual code customization. Frameworks can be integrated by defining parameters such as data formats, authentication methods, and communication protocols in a standardized manner. This enables customization capability while dramatically improving integration efficiency, as parameter-based configuration is automated and does not require manual programming or tedious manual intervention.
3Productivity
If standardized APIs are adopted, then integration scalability is improved, but adaptability to proprietary frameworks is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The grid integration broker implements parameter changes by maintaining a library of supported data formats and communication protocols, allowing it to adapt to proprietary frameworks through configuration rather than requiring standardized APIs. The broker can change its internal parameters to match different framework requirements while presenting a standardized interface to the enterprise manager. This resolves the contradiction by enabling both scalability through standardized interfaces and adaptability through configurable parameter transformations.
Solution Approach 2:
The broker serves as an intermediary that translates between standardized enterprise manager interfaces and proprietary framework protocols. It maintains compatibility with both standardized APIs and proprietary frameworks by performing format conversion and protocol translation. This intermediary role enables integration scalability for standardized systems while preserving adaptability to proprietary frameworks, as the broker absorbs the variability in handling different interface types.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatus that integrate management frameworks with an enterprise manager in a grid computing environment are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a grid computing system includes a management arrangement and at least a first management framework. The management arrangement includes an integration arrangement that brokers requests. The first management framework sends a first request to the integration arrangement which effectively allows the first management framework to communicate bi-directionally with the management arrangement.