Offline Cloud Desktop Management via Local Containerization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional desktop management systems, particularly those based on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), face issues with network dependency and limited data center capacity, leading to response lag and poor user experience due to network packet loss and delay, especially in scenarios where internet access is unavailable or severely delayed.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for offline management of cloud desktops that involve pulling a master image from a cloud image management module and generating a personal cloud desktop locally using an application container engine, enabling users to access their cloud desktops even without internet access by utilizing open source virtualization technologies like XEN and KVM, and application container engines like DOCKER, which ensures security and efficient data management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional VDI is used for centralized desktop management, then administrators can manage all desktop virtual machines in a unified manner in the data center, but network packet loss and delay lead to response lag and poor user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the desktop system into two parts: a lightweight client interface running locally on the user's device and a virtual machine running locally on the same device. This segmentation allows the management functionality to remain centralized while the computing execution is distributed to the edge, resolving the contradiction between centralized management and reliable user experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of operation by enabling cloud desktops to run in two modes: online mode (connected to cloud services) and offline mode (independent local execution). This dimensional change allows the system to maintain centralized management capabilities while providing reliable offline access, eliminating the trade-off between centralization and reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If VDI relies heavily on network connectivity, then centralized deployment is achieved, but data center capacity limitations and network issues compromise user experience when conditions are not satisfied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic mode switching between online and offline operation. The system can adaptively transition between centralized cloud-dependent mode and decentralized offline mode based on network availability and user needs, maintaining both centralized deployment capabilities and continuous user accessibility without compromise.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables preliminary local deployment of virtual machine images to user devices before offline usage is needed. By pre-loading the necessary computing environments locally, the system ensures that users can access their desktops immediately when offline, without waiting for cloud provisioning, thus maintaining both centralized deployment control and instant user accessibility.
3Reliability
If cloud desktops require constant internet access, then centralized management is maintained, but users cannot access their desktops when internet is unavailable or network delay is serious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by downloading and caching virtual machine images, configuration files, and necessary software components to the local device before offline access is required. This pre-positioning of resources enables the virtual machine to run independently offline while maintaining centralized management control through periodic synchronization when online.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates local copies of the cloud desktop environment including the virtual machine image, operating system, and applications on the user's device. These copies enable offline execution while the centralized system maintains control over the master images and can synchronize updates when connectivity is restored, thus preserving both management control and productivity.
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AI summary
Disclosed are an offline management method and device for a cloud desktop, and a storage medium. The method comprises: drawing a required mother mirror by means of initiating a request for a mirror management module of the cloud, and applying to the cloud to generate a personal cloud desktop based on the mother mirror in the cloud; and initiating, by means of applying a container engine, a registration request for a registration service module of the cloud, so as to generate a personal container desktop based on the mother mirror at a local end.