Load Control Backup Architecture With Triggered Server Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing load control systems lack an efficient method for generating and storing backups of configuration information without impacting ongoing operations and ensuring security by isolating communication with a separate server.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a processor and memory configured to receive messages, determine trigger points, and generate backups of files, including a signature, while communicating with network devices to request and store backups, ensuring security through private network communication and minimal operational disruption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the load control system generates and stores backups of configuration files, then system reliability and data security are improved, but device complexity and network communication requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives backup files from load control devices via network communication. This mediator handles the storage and management of backups, reducing the complexity burden on individual load control devices while ensuring reliable backup generation and storage across the distributed system.
2Reliability
If the system communicates with a separate server for backup storage, then system security is improved by isolating communication, but network communication overhead and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the backup functionality into separate components: load control devices generate and transmit backups, while a dedicated server receives and stores them. This segmentation isolates communication to specific network interactions, improving security by limiting exposure while managing complexity through clear functional separation between devices and server.
3Productivity
If the system generates backups without impacting ongoing operations, then productivity is improved, but requires sophisticated backup management mechanisms increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having load control devices continuously generate and queue backup files before they are needed, using trigger points and levels to initiate backup processes. This allows backups to be prepared in advance without disrupting ongoing load control operations, as the backup generation occurs independently and asynchronously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuity of useful action by enabling load control devices to continue their primary load control functions while simultaneously generating and transmitting backups to the server. The backup process runs continuously in the background without interrupting or impacting the ongoing operational tasks of the load control system.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a backup of configuration information files at a system controller and storing this backup at a server via the use of a network device.