Intermediary Broker for Virtualization Connection Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
In conventional virtualization architectures, establishing connections between virtual machines or containers requires restarting the 'master' client upon disconnection, which decreases performance and is inconvenient for users.
Innovation Solution
An intermediary broker is used to establish process connections in a host system, creating a single socket for communication with clients like virtual switches and execution environments, allowing for fast and reliable connection establishment without the need for client restarts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional connection establishment methods are used in virtualization architectures, then connections can be established between virtual machines or containers, but the master client must be restarted upon disconnection which decreases performance and user convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a broker as an intermediary component that manages connection establishment between clients in a virtualization architecture. The broker receives connection requests from clients, establishes connections through virtual switches, and maintains connection state information. This intermediary approach eliminates the need for master client restarts upon disconnection, as the broker can re-establish connections using stored state information, thereby improving both connection reliability and establishment speed without requiring client restarts
2Reliability
If the master client is restarted upon disconnection to re-establish connections, then connection reliability is maintained, but performance decreases and user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The broker performs preliminary actions by maintaining connection state information and configuration data before disconnections occur. When a disconnection happens, the broker can quickly re-establish connections using the pre-stored state information, eliminating the time-consuming restart process. This preliminary preparation of connection state allows for rapid connection recovery without client restarts, reducing both time loss and improving user convenience while maintaining reliability
3Productivity
If a broker is introduced to manage connection establishment, then connection establishment becomes faster and more reliable without client restarts, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The broker is designed as a universal component that handles multiple functions: receiving connection requests from various clients, managing connections through virtual switches, maintaining connection state information, and re-establishing connections upon disconnection. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional broker, the system achieves fast and reliable connection establishment without client restarts while managing complexity through functional consolidation rather than proliferation of specialized components
Data Source
AI summary
A first request to establish a transport including a first key is received from a first client supported by a host system. A second request to establish the transport including a second key is received from a second client supported by the host system. A determination as to whether the first key matches the second key is made. In response to determining that the first key matches the second key, a first end point of the transport is provided to the first client and a second end point of the transport is provided to the second client.