Multi GTM Routing for Data Center Latency
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional data management systems face inefficiencies in routing user requests across multiple data centers, leading to increased latency, service outages, and high expenses due to complex systems of routers and traffic managers.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a data management system with a plurality of data centers each associated with a respective global traffic manager and local traffic manager, where user requests are routed directly to the global traffic manager associated with the primary data center, which resolves the request to the local traffic manager for efficient data access, with the option to redirect to a secondary data center if the primary is overloaded.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a default global traffic manager is used to route user requests, then routing can be simplified, but latency increases because requests must be redirected to the correct data center
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the routing system into multiple global traffic managers, each associated with a specific data center. Instead of using a single default global traffic manager that requires redirection, the system segments routing responsibilities across multiple global traffic managers. This allows user requests to be directly routed to the appropriate data center without unnecessary redirection, reducing latency while maintaining simplified routing logic at each segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces local traffic managers as intermediary components between global traffic managers and data centers. These local traffic managers receive requests from the appropriate global traffic manager and facilitate direct routing to the target data center, eliminating the need for requests to pass through a default global traffic manager and be redirected, thus reducing latency.
2Reliability
If multiple data centers host all data and remain active for both reads and writes, then data availability is improved, but routing complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning specific functions to different components: global traffic managers handle high-level routing decisions and are associated with specific data centers, while local traffic managers handle data center-specific routing. This functional differentiation simplifies the overall routing complexity while maintaining data availability across multiple active data centers, as each component has optimized responsibilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic routing where the system can adaptively route requests based on current data center status. The lookup service dynamically determines which data center should handle a request, and the routing system dynamically directs requests to the appropriate global and local traffic managers. This dynamic behavior maintains data availability while managing routing complexity through adaptive decision-making.
3Productivity
If traffic is inefficiently handled among data centers, then system resource utilization decreases, but data access delays increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the lookup service determines the optimal data center for each request based on current system state. This feedback loop ensures that requests are routed to data centers that can handle them efficiently, improving resource utilization. The system monitors and adapts routing decisions based on real-time conditions, preventing inefficient traffic patterns and reducing data access delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary routing decisions through the lookup service before requests reach the traffic managers. By pre-determining the optimal data center destination and directing requests to the appropriate global traffic manager in advance, the system avoids inefficient routing and reduces data access delays, improving overall productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system provides improved routing efficiency for users of a data management system. The data management system includes a plurality of global traffic managers, local traffic managers, and data centers that store user data. Each data center is related to a respective global traffic manager and a respective local traffic manager. When a user submits a request to access data stored in one of the data centers, the data management system identifies a primary data center from which the user will access the user data and routes the user request data to the global traffic manager related to the primary data center.