Dedicated Host Cluster Creation from User-Defined Delay Constraints

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current dedicated host creation methods allow only basic metrics such as types and quantity to be specified by users, limiting the application of higher-level metrics, which hinders the creation of dedicated hosts that meet user requirements.

Innovation Solution

A method that converts user-specified metrics into conditions for creating dedicated host clusters, including determining delays and service availability probabilities, and deploying hosts based on user-defined network topology and fault domains to ensure the created hosts meet user requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If only basic metrics such as types and quantity of dedicated hosts can be specified by the user, then the system complexity remains low, but the user experience and ability to meet higher-level requirements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the dedicated host creation process into multiple independent modules: user requirement input module, metric conversion module (converting user-specified metrics into deployment conditions), condition generation module, and host deployment module. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex user requirements through structured, manageable steps without overwhelming system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that converts user-specified metrics into deployment conditions. This intermediary layer translates high-level user requirements (such as delay metrics, availability probabilities) into actionable deployment parameters that the system can process, thereby bridging the gap between user intent and system execution without requiring users to directly manage system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Manufacturing precision

If user-specified metrics are converted into deployment conditions, then the ability to meet user requirements improves, but the complexity of determining and validating conditions increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehost creation precisionVSAvoidcondition determination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining a library of deployment conditions and their corresponding metric relationships before the actual host creation process. Common metrics such as delay, availability probability, and throughput are pre-configured with their conversion rules and validation criteria. This allows the system to quickly match user requirements with pre-established conditions, reducing the complexity of real-time condition determination while maintaining high precision in meeting user requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If multiple metrics such as delay and service availability probability are considered, then the quality of dedicated host creation improves, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring these metrics increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice qualityVSAvoidmetric measurement difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal metric measurement and validation framework that can handle multiple diverse metrics (delay, availability probability, throughput, etc.) through a common set of procedures. The system uses standardized measurement protocols and validation rules that work across different metric types, reducing the complexity of detecting and measuring each individual metric while ensuring comprehensive service quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4651456A1Dedicated host creation method and related device
Publication Date: 2025.11.19 HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
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AI summary

This application discloses a dedicated host creation method. The method is applied to a cloud management platform, and includes: obtaining a first metric, where the first metric includes a first delay between dedicated hosts in a first dedicated host cluster; obtaining a second delay, where the second delay includes an actual delay between the dedicated hosts; generating a first condition based on the first delay and the second delay, where the first condition indicates a preset value relationship between the first delay and the second delay; and creating a second dedicated host cluster based on the first condition. In this way, a metric specified by a user can be applied to a dedicated host, to improve use experience of the user.