Orchestration Service Workload Distribution Network Conditions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Information Handling Systems (IHSs) face challenges in efficiently distributing workloads across devices based on varying network conditions, leading to potential performance issues and compatibility problems due to differences in hardware and network connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A workspace orchestration service that obtains specifications and network connectivity parameters from multiple host IHSs to dynamically transition workloads from one device to another based on compatibility and network conditions, ensuring optimal resource utilization and performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If workloads are distributed across multiple host IHSs based on network conditions, then system reliability and performance are improved, but device complexity and coordination overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a workspace orchestration service as an intermediary component that manages workload distribution across multiple host IHSs. This mediator collects network connectivity parameters from various hosts, evaluates specifications, and makes intelligent decisions about workload placement, thereby improving reliability while abstracting the complexity of multi-device coordination from individual components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically transitions workloads between host IHSs based on real-time network conditions and device specifications. The orchestration service continuously monitors network connectivity parameters and adjusts workload distribution accordingly, allowing the system to adapt to changing conditions and maintain optimal performance across the distributed environment.
2Productivity
If workloads are transitioned based on network connectivity parameters, then productivity is improved, but measurement and detection difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The orchestration service implements a feedback mechanism that continuously collects network connectivity parameters from host IHSs, evaluates these parameters against workload requirements, and adjusts workload distribution accordingly. This closed-loop feedback system enables productivity improvements by ensuring workloads are always placed on optimally connected devices, while the automated measurement and evaluation processes manage the complexity of parameter detection.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for distributing workloads across devices based on network conditions are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment an Information Handling System (IHS) of a workspace orchestration service obtains, from host IHSs, specifications of the respective host IHSs, where a first host IHSs hosts a plurality of workloads. The workspace orchestration service also obtains, from one or more of the host IHSs including a second host IHS, a respective one or more network connectivity parameters of the one or more host IHSs, including at least one network connectivity parameter from the second host IHS. The workspace orchestration service transitions one or more of the plurality of workloads from the first host IHS to the second host IHS based, at least in part, on the specifications of the first and second host IHSs, and the network connectivity parameters of the second host IHSs.