Integrated Tenant Management for Server Storage Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vertically integrated computer systems, setting and operating a multi-tenant environment that integrates servers and storage apparatuses is challenging, as existing methods fail to manage and operate these components in an integrated manner effectively.
Innovation Solution
An integrated computer system with a management server that sets and manages an integrated tenant across both the business server and storage apparatus, associating server and storage tenants to facilitate unified settings and operations, ensuring security and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multi-tenant is set separately for server and storage apparatus, then each component can be managed independently, but integrated management across vertically integrated system cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges server tenant management and storage tenant management into a unified integrated tenant management system. The management server combines separate tenant settings into a single integrated framework, allowing simultaneous management of both server and storage tenants through one cohesive system, thereby achieving integrated management capability while reducing overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server is designed with universal functionality to handle both server tenants and storage tenants through a single integrated platform. This multi-functional approach allows the system to perform diverse tenant management operations (server resource allocation, storage resource allocation, security settings) within one unified framework, eliminating the need for separate management systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vertically integrated system is provided as integrated platform, then system operation is facilitated and user cost is reduced, but multi-tenant integration across server and storage is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the vertically integrated system into distinct server and storage components, each with its own tenant management capabilities, while maintaining overall integration through the management server. This segmentation allows independent management of server and storage tenants while preserving the benefits of vertical integration, achieving multi-tenant capability without excessive system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server acts as an intermediary between server and storage components, facilitating integrated tenant management without requiring direct complex integration between the server and storage subsystems. This intermediary approach enables multi-tenant integration while keeping the overall system architecture manageable and less complex.
3Reliability
If separate tenant settings are used for server and storage, then existing systems can be maintained, but security and resource allocation cannot be optimized across integrated system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines separate server and storage tenant settings into an integrated tenant framework that统一管理 both components. This merging enables optimized security policies and resource allocation across the entire vertically integrated system, as the management server can coordinate tenant resources and security settings between server and storage subsystems, improving reliability while maintaining operational simplicity through unified management.
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AI summary
[Object] A computer system in which a server and a storage apparatus are integrated and operated is designed so that a multi-tenant can be realized favorably.[Solution] The present invention provides an integrated computer system in which a business server and a storage apparatus for providing the business server with a storage area are integrated and operated; and the integrated computer system includes a management server for managing the business server and the storage apparatus; wherein the management server sets an integrated tenant which extends across the business server and the storage apparatus, the business server sets a server tenant belonging to the integrated tenant, the storage apparatus sets a storage tenant belonging to the integrated tenant, and the server tenant and the storage tenant are associated with each other by the integrated tenant.