Server Image Deployment Across Geographically Dispersed Data Centers
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Solution Overview
Problem
The deployment of dedicated servers is a time-consuming process, requiring custom setup and configuration, whereas virtual server deployment is much quicker, highlighting a need for a system that can efficiently manage and deploy both types of servers in a flexible and portable manner.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising geographically-dispersed data centers with dedicated and virtual servers, a management workstation for image capture, an image repository, and integrated management systems for controlling server image deployment across data centers, enabling users to select and deploy server images through a user interface, automatically selecting and booting servers with specified operating systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated servers are deployed using custom build processes, then data security and performance are improved, but deployment time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies copying by creating reusable server images that can be replicated and deployed across multiple dedicated servers. Instead of performing custom builds for each server, the system captures a standardized server image once and deploys it repeatedly, significantly reducing deployment time while maintaining security through consistent, pre-configured images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring server images with all necessary security settings, software, and configurations before deployment. This allows servers to be rapidly deployed without requiring time-consuming custom builds, as the security and performance configurations are already in place in the pre-prepared images.
2Productivity
If virtual servers are used for cloud computing, then deployment speed and resource utilization are improved, but data security and dedicated access are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a unified server image deployment system that works with both virtual and dedicated servers. The same image capture and deployment mechanisms serve multiple purposes, allowing organizations to maintain security and control across hybrid infrastructures while enjoying the deployment speed benefits of virtualization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If custom builds are performed for each dedicated server, then server specifications and configurations are optimized, but deployment complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling flexible customization of server images while maintaining standardized deployment processes. Users can customize images for specific needs, and the system dynamically adapts the deployment process to handle both standardized and customized images, reducing complexity while preserving configuration flexibility.
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AI summary
A method and system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated servers in cloud computing. A user input of a selection of a server image template pertaining to a dedicated server to be deployed is received at a first screen at a user interface. The dedicated server is selected according to the user input of the selected server image template. The selected dedicated server is deployed, and an operating system is specified for the selected dedicated server in response to having deployed a server image associated with the selected server image template in the data center at each geographic location of one or more geographic locations. Deploying the selected dedicated server includes booting the selected dedicated server using the specified operating system.