IT Infrastructure Configuration via Hierarchical Templates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IT infrastructure configurations often fail to meet workload requirements and customer preferences effectively, as they lack a systematic approach to optimize performance and compliance with specific industry standards and regulations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that uses hierarchical templates and a technology rule set to configure IT infrastructure by mapping IT components to attributes, allowing for dynamic reconfiguration until customer expectations are met, incorporating user-selected templates and interactive questioning to ensure optimal performance and compliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing IT infrastructure configurations are used, then device complexity is reduced, but workload requirements and customer preferences are not met effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the IT infrastructure configuration into hierarchical templates (master templates and subordinate templates) that can be independently selected and combined. This allows complex configurations to be broken down into manageable, pre-defined components that address specific workload requirements and industry standards without overwhelming the user with entire system complexity at once.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring templates with industry standards, compliance requirements, and best practices already embedded. This allows customers to select templates that automatically incorporate proven configurations, eliminating the need to manually analyze and implement complex requirements from scratch, thus improving reliability while reducing effective configuration complexity.
2Reliability
If systematic optimization approach is implemented, then performance and compliance are improved, but configuration time and process complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring templates with industry standards, compliance requirements, and best practices already embedded. This allows customers to select templates that automatically incorporate proven configurations, eliminating the need to manually analyze and implement complex requirements from scratch, thus improving reliability while reducing effective configuration time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables parameter changes by allowing customers to select and customize templates based on their specific needs. The system adjusts configuration parameters dynamically based on template selections and customer responses to interactive questions, optimizing the balance between comprehensive compliance and configuration speed by only applying necessary parameters.
3Adaptability or versatility
If custom configuration is performed manually, then adaptability to customer preferences is improved, but manufacturing precision and consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback through interactive questioning that guides customers through template selection and customization. The system provides feedback on configuration choices, validates selections against requirements, and adjusts the configuration iteratively based on customer responses, ensuring both adaptability to preferences and consistency through structured validation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies universality by designing templates that can serve multiple customers and workloads with different preferences. The same template framework can be customized for various industry standards and customer requirements, providing consistent methodology while adapting to specific needs through parameter adjustment rather than custom development.
4Reliability
If reconfiguration is performed iteratively, then customer expectations are met, but productivity and speed of deployment are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by providing well-structured templates that anticipate common customer requirements and industry standards. This reduces the number of iterative reconfigurations needed, as the initial template selection is likely to be close to the final desired configuration, thereby maintaining customer expectation fulfillment while reducing deployment time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by allowing flexible iteration between template selection and customization. The system dynamically adjusts the configuration process based on customer feedback, enabling efficient reconfiguration only when necessary rather than forcing rigid sequential steps, thus balancing productivity with customer expectation fulfillment.
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AI summary
A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product provides hierarchical templates to optimize a configuration of an information technology (IT) infrastructure. A technology rule set, which defines technology weights of an IT infrastructure by mapping capabilities of IT infrastructure components to IT infrastructure attributes needed to execute a specific workload, is established. Hierarchical templates, which are tied to configuration logic for creating IT infrastructures, are sent to a user. Based on user-selected templates, a candidate IT infrastructure for executing the specific workload is configured. In response to determining that the candidate IT infrastructure fails to meet the customer's expectations, the candidate IT infrastructure is reconfigured until the customer's expectations are met.