Hardware Bundle Characterization for Distributed Service Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing distributed systems struggle to ensure that managed systems have the necessary hardware and software resources to provide desired computer implemented services efficiently and effectively over time.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a subscription-based model for managing distributed systems, which utilizes a local subscription manager to identify and enable appropriate hardware bundles based on performance requirements and confidence levels, allowing for selective use of resources to meet service demands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a subscription-based model is implemented to manage hardware bundles, then service quality and resource allocation improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A local subscription manager is introduced as an intermediary component that handles the complexity of subscription management, hardware bundle characterization, and resource allocation. This mediator sits between users and the underlying hardware resources, absorbing system complexity while delivering simplified, reliable service quality to end users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments hardware resources into manageable bundles with specific performance characteristics. Each hardware bundle is independently characterized and managed, allowing the complex system to be divided into smaller, more manageable units that can be selectively allocated based on subscription requirements.
2Measurement precision
If hardware bundles are characterized with confidence levels, then resource allocation accuracy improves, but measurement and detection difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
Hardware bundles are pre-characterized with performance levels and confidence levels before actual use. This preliminary characterization work is performed in advance, creating a library of known hardware bundle capabilities that can be quickly queried and allocated without requiring complex real-time measurements during service delivery.
3Productivity
If directly manageable and indirectly manageable hardware components are bundled together, then resource utilization efficiency improves, but management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Directly manageable hardware components (with embedded management functionality) and indirectly manageable hardware components (without embedded management) are merged into unified hardware bundles. The local subscription manager manages these mixed bundles as single units, improving resource utilization by combining complementary hardware types while the subscription manager absorbs the resulting management complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services using managed systems are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components may be bundled into hardware bundles. The hardware bundles may be used to satisfy subscriptions for the services, and limit use of the hardware bundles when subscription limits are reached. The hardware bundles may include direct management hardware components and indirect management hardware components. The performance of the hardware bundles may be characterized to facilitate future selection for use of the hardware bundles in various processes.