Immutable Unique Identifiers for Database Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data protection systems face challenges in efficiently managing and protecting assets like databases, especially when database identifiers change, leading to data loss and unavailability.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of immutable unique identifiers for assets, which are generated based on asset attributes and remain unchanged throughout the asset's lifetime, allowing for effective protection and management of assets across system changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If database identifiers are used to manage and protect assets, then asset protection can be implemented, but data loss and unavailability occur when identifiers change
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing the complete set of asset attributes at the moment of identification and storing them as an immutable identifier. This preliminary capture ensures that regardless of future attribute changes, the original identification remains valid, preventing data loss and maintaining protection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the asset's identification state by generating an immutable identifier from a snapshot of attributes. This copy preserves the identification across time despite attribute changes, allowing the system to maintain reliable protection without data loss when attributes evolve.
2Adaptability or versatility
If database identifiers are changed to reflect updates, then system adaptability improves, but existing protection relationships are broken
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the identification into two parts: a mutable attribute set that can change to reflect updates, and an immutable identifier that remains constant. This segmentation allows the system to adapt to changes while maintaining reliable protection relationships through the unchanging identifier.
Solution Approach 2:
The immutable identifier acts as an intermediary between the changing asset attributes and the protection system. It mediates the relationship by providing a stable reference point that connects protection policies to assets even when attributes change, thus maintaining reliability while allowing adaptability.
3Productivity
If backup copies are created with current identifiers, then backup efficiency improves, but copies become inaccessible when identifiers change
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by attaching the immutable identifier to backup copies at the time of creation. This ensures that copies retain their accessibility through the unchanging identifier even after the asset's attributes change, maintaining both efficiency and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates backup copies that inherit the immutable identifier from the asset. This copying mechanism ensures that copies remain accessible through the stable identifier throughout the asset's lifecycle, preventing information loss while maintaining backup efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
In general, the technology relates to a method for managing databases, the method includes receiving a database identifier (DID) for a database, generating, using the DID, a unique identifier (UID) for the database, determining, after the generating, that the database is associated with a data protection policy, and permitting backup operations specifying the UID to be serviced by an agent operatively connected to the database.