Quality Assessment System for Component Defect Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computer system administrators face challenges in monitoring and assessing the quality and health of numerous components in systems, such as servers, due to difficulties in tracking system errors and manufacturer defects, leading to potential performance degradation or failure.
Innovation Solution
A computer program and method that processes system error messages to determine a quality assessment value for components by identifying manufacturing defects, using databases to weigh system errors and defects, and transmitting negative assessments to administrators for timely replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If administrators manually monitor components in systems with numerous components, then they can identify problems, but it becomes difficult to keep track of problems with thousands of deployed components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (quality assessment system) that automatically collects error information from components, correlates it with manufacturer defect data, and generates quality assessments. This intermediary layer resolves the contradiction by handling the complexity of monitoring thousands of components automatically, allowing administrators to obtain precise quality assessments without manual tracking
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically gathering system error information from components, matching it with manufacturer defect databases, and generating quality assessments without requiring administrator intervention. The components effectively monitor themselves through error reporting, and the system autonomously evaluates their quality status
2Reliability
If administrators contact manufacturers to check for defects, then they can determine recognized defects, but this process is time-consuming and difficult to scale for numerous components
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-loading manufacturer defect information into a local database before it is needed. When components report errors, the system can immediately correlate these errors with known defects without contacting manufacturers in real-time. This eliminates the time delay of contacting manufacturers while maintaining reliable defect identification
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of manufacturer defect databases and stores it locally within the system. This copy allows the system to perform defect identification independently without requiring continuous communication with manufacturers. The local copy maintains the reliability of manufacturer information while enabling rapid, scalable defect checking across thousands of components
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AI summary
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using system errors and manufacturer defects in system components causing the system errors to determine a quality assessment value for the components. A system error message indicates at least one at least one system error resulting from an operation of at least one component deployed in the system. A manufacturing defect for the at least one component whose operation results in the at least one system error is determined from information from a manufacturer of the component. A quality assessment value is determined from the system error and manufacturing defect, for each of the at least one component for which there is a manufacturing defect. A message is transmitted to an administrator of the system indicating a negative assessment of the component in response to a comparison of the quality assessment value and a threshold value indicate a negative assessment.