Hybrid Workflow Catalog Redistribution for Secure Low-Latency Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hybrid computing environments, such as hybrid cloud computing, face inefficiencies and performance degradation due to the need to maintain security of private computing resources, leading to significant delays in servicing requests and network delays across regional private portions.
Innovation Solution
An improved computing tool that optimizes workflow data redistribution by analyzing user requests, splitting tasks between private and public cloud portions, and redistributing catalog data based on usage statistics while maintaining security, using a workflow management tool that includes a workflow data analyzer, splitter, catalog schema manager, and synchronizer to enhance performance and reduce latency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all catalog data is kept in the private cloud to maintain security, then data security is improved, but request servicing latency increases and performance degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments catalog data into two categories: private data that remains in the private cloud and public/non-private data that can be redistributed to the public cloud. This segmentation allows the system to maintain security for sensitive information while enabling fast access for public data, thereby resolving the contradiction between security and latency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the workflow data redistributor and catalog synchronization system) that selectively moves appropriate catalog data between private and public clouds. This intermediary enables the system to balance security requirements with performance needs by acting as a controlled bridge between the two environments.
2Productivity
If catalog data is redistributed to the public cloud to improve performance, then request servicing speed is improved, but data security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by distributing different types of catalog data to different locations based on their security requirements. Public/non-private catalog data is placed in the public cloud for fast access, while private catalog data remains in the private cloud for security. This location-based differentiation resolves the contradiction between speed and security.
3Reliability
If workflow tasks are centralized in the private cloud to maintain security control, then security management is improved, but network delays increase across regional private portions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a spatial dimension to workflow execution by distributing catalog data across multiple geographic locations (private cloud and public cloud regions). This dimensional expansion allows the system to maintain security control through the private cloud while reducing network delays by serving requests from the nearest appropriate location, effectively adding a geographic distribution layer to the centralized security model.
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AI summary
Mechanisms are provided for workflow data redistribution in a hybrid computing environment comprising a private portion and a public portion of the hybrid computing environment. A received user request, that is serviced by a workflow executed by one or more computing devices of the hybrid computing environment, is parsed to extract criteria of the workflow for servicing the user request. It is determined whether a catalog data structure exists in a public catalog data store of the public portion that satisfies the criteria of the workflow and if not, the user request is processed in a workflow manager computing system of the private portion to generate a catalog that satisfies the criteria of the workflow and generate a result. A portion of the catalog is redistributed by storing the portion of the catalog in the public catalog data store of the public portion.