Hardware Bundle Subscription Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to efficiently manage and provide computer-implemented services due to limitations in hardware and software resources, leading to impaired service delivery and potential impact on cooperative functionalities.
Innovation Solution
A subscription-based model for managing systems, which utilizes a local subscription manager to enable or disable hardware resources, bundle hardware components for manageability, and monitor workloads to enforce subscription limits, thereby optimizing resource utilization and service delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If hardware resources are individually managed, then resource utilization is optimized, but system complexity and management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple hardware resources (storage devices, processors, memory) into a unified hardware bundle that is managed as a single entity. This merging approach maintains efficient resource utilization while reducing management overhead by presenting a consolidated interface to software components, thereby resolving the contradiction between individual resource management and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The hardware bundle is designed as a universal resource that can serve multiple software components and workloads simultaneously. The bundle manager enables dynamic allocation and sharing of hardware resources across different applications, achieving high resource utilization without requiring separate management mechanisms for each resource type, thus reducing overall system complexity.
2Reliability
If more hardware resources are provided, then service quality improves, but resource allocation and monitoring complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a bundle manager as an intermediary component that handles the complex tasks of hardware resource allocation, monitoring, and enforcement. This mediator abstracts the complexity of managing multiple hardware resources and subscription limits, allowing the system to provide high service quality with multiple hardware components while keeping allocation and monitoring logic centralized and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous monitoring of hardware resource usage with feedback mechanisms that track consumption against subscription limits. The bundle manager receives usage data from hardware components and actively enforces limits by preventing further usage when thresholds are reached, enabling reliable service quality assurance without manual intervention or complex external monitoring systems.
3Productivity
If subscription limits are strictly enforced, then resource fairness is improved, but system flexibility and adaptability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic subscription management where hardware bundle configurations and usage limits can be modified at runtime. The bundle manager allows subscription parameters to be updated, expanded, or contracted based on changing requirements, enabling the system to maintain resource fairness through enforced limits while simultaneously adapting to new workloads and requirements without rigid constraints.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for providing 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. Limits on use of the hardware bundles may be enforced by analyzing workloads performed by the hardware bundles.