Server Borrowing Apparatus Dynamic Installation Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current server borrowing techniques face challenges in automatic installation due to varying setting information requirements between lender and borrower user groups, which cannot be predetermined, preventing the use of rigid setting information files for automatic installation.
Innovation Solution
A server borrowing apparatus and method that combines borrower and lender installation setting information to generate dynamic installation settings, enabling automatic server installation, and employs a public key pair for secure encryption during the borrowing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If rigid setting information files are used for automatic installation, then installation automation is achieved, but adaptability to different user groups is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from static, rigid setting information files to dynamic generation of installation settings. The system automatically creates customized setting information files during the borrowing process by combining lender's and borrower's requirements, enabling both automation and adaptability simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of setting information from fixed/predefined to variable/generated. By allowing setting information to be dynamically created based on specific lender-borrower combinations, the system maintains automation while adapting to different user group requirements
2Ease of manufacture
If setting information is predetermined in files, then installation process is simplified, but security for different user groups cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically generates setting information files during the borrowing process rather than using predetermined files. This allows the installation process to remain simple and automated while incorporating security-specific requirements for each lender-borrower pair into the generated settings
3Productivity
If a server is lent to multiple user groups sequentially, then resource utilization is improved, but reinstallation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies self-service by enabling automatic generation of customized installation settings without human intervention. When a server is lent to different user groups sequentially, the system automatically combines the new borrower's requirements with the lender's settings, generating appropriate configuration files autonomously
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining setting items for both lenders and borrowers. During the borrowing process, these pre-defined settings are automatically combined to generate the final installation configuration, streamlining the reinstallation process for sequential server lending
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AI summary
A server borrowing apparatus, includes a storing unit that stores lender installation setting information which includes a setting item determined by a server lender for installation of a server which is lent out as resource, a receiving unit that receives a request to lend out the server as the resource and borrower installation setting information which includes a setting item determined by a server borrower for the installation of the server, from a borrowing control apparatus which is connected to a network to manage the server and to control server borrowing, a combining unit that combines the setting item in the borrower installation setting information and the setting item in the lender installation setting information to generate installation setting information for the installation of the server at the server borrowing, and an installing unit that performs the installation of the server based on the installation setting information.