Server Migration Platform Using Genetic Algorithms

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional server migration processes often result in suboptimal server states due to the transfer of obsolete or unutilized configurations, failing to prioritize business criticality and functional relationships effectively.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent server migration platform utilizing machine-learning based genetic algorithms to identify, cluster, and prioritize hardware and software artifacts based on fitness scores, ensuring only active and critical components are migrated, while adhering to enterprise standards through iterative crossover and mutation protocols.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If complete migration of all artifacts is performed, then migration completeness is improved, but server state optimization deteriorates due to transfer of obsolete configurations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemigration completenessVSAvoidserver state optimization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and separates artifacts into distinct groups based on their functional importance and obsolescence. By identifying and extracting obsolete or unutilized configurations from the migration scope, the system achieves optimized server state while maintaining migration completeness for critical artifacts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different migration strategies to different artifact groups based on their local characteristics. Critical artifacts receive full migration treatment while obsolete artifacts are excluded, creating localized optimization without compromising overall migration integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If iterative crossover protocol is applied to validate clusters, then enterprise standards compliance is improved, but migration time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenterprise standards complianceVSAvoidmigration time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary validation of artifact clusters against enterprise standards before final migration execution. By conducting this validation in advance through iterative crossover protocols, the system ensures compliance while preparing migration packages for efficient execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where validation results from the crossover protocol feed back into the migration planning process. This allows continuous refinement of artifact selections and validation criteria, improving compliance while optimizing migration timing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11546415B2Intelligent server migration platform
Publication Date: 2023.01.03 BANK OF AMERICA CORP
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AI summary

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for an intelligent server platform using genetic algorithms to execute a server migration based on fitness. The platform may locate hardware and software artifacts and map functional relationships between artifacts. Artifacts may be clustered based on interdependency to ensure that functionally related artifacts are migrated as a unit. The platform may apply a fitness protocol to generate a fitness score for each cluster and select clusters based on fitness score. The platform may apply a crossover protocol to optimize selected clusters for compliance with enterprise standards. The platform may iterate through the crossover protocol and modify a convergence goal based on populations of successive generations. The platform may rank artifacts and generate a protocol for migration. The platform may execute the migration in accordance with the migration protocol.