Management System for Operational Load Testing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing performance testing techniques for systems in operational environments can adversely affect running services and are inefficient, as they often require duplicating all resources during testing, leading to potential bottlenecks and increased resource demands.
Innovation Solution
A management system that estimates resource requirements, acquires current resource usage, and calculates differential system components to apply loads using free and newly added resources, minimizing disruptions and optimizing resource allocation during testing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a load is applied to the system in actual operation during performance testing, then test execution is enabled, but adverse effects occur on services running on the operational system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into operational components and test-specific components. Virtual machine instances are created specifically for testing purposes, separating test workloads from production services. This allows independent testing without interfering with operational services while maintaining resource sharing at the physical hardware level.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces virtualization technology as an intermediary layer between the physical operational system and test workloads. Virtual machines act as mediators that isolate test operations from the underlying operational system, enabling safe load application during testing while protecting production services from adverse effects.
2Reliability
If all resources are duplicated during testing, then complete system testing is enabled, but resource consumption and system complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges test environments with operational environments by sharing underlying physical infrastructure and common resources. Virtual machines for testing share physical hardware, storage, and network infrastructure with operational systems, eliminating the need to duplicate all resources while maintaining testing effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal resource pools that serve multiple functions - the same physical infrastructure supports both operational services and test workloads. Virtualization enables resources to be dynamically allocated and shared between production and testing purposes, reducing overall resource consumption while maintaining testing completeness.
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AI summary
To provide a management system capable of providing a system enhancing an efficiency of an entire system while preventing an adverse effect on the system on an operational environment. A management system that conducts a test using a system in operation includes: simulation unit that estimates a system configuration and a used amount of a plurality of resources being required for executing the test singly; acquisition unit that acquires information about the used amount of the plurality of resources included in the system in operation; and management unit that calculates a differential system component different from the configuration of the system in operation for the estimated system configuration, and determines a free resource and a resource to be newly added in the system in operation, the free resource and the resource to be newly added being used for applying a load to the differential system component.