Service Dependency Graph Validation for Deployment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies face challenges in managing the deployment of services to data processing systems, particularly in ensuring that all dependencies are validated and in place before service instantiation, which can lead to errors and undesired service operation.

Innovation Solution

The proposed solution involves generating a dependency graph for services to illustrate their dependencies, validating these dependencies before service deployment, and recursively instantiating and validating missing services until all dependencies are satisfied, ensuring compatibility and nominal operation of services.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If services are deployed without validating dependencies, then deployment speed is improved, but service reliability deteriorates due to errors and undesired service operation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeployment speedVSAvoidservice reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation of service dependencies before deploying the service. A dependency graph is generated and analyzed to identify required services, and the system recursively validates that all dependencies are present and compatible in the target data processing system before instantiation, preventing deployment errors while maintaining efficiency through automated pre-checks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If dependency validation is performed before service deployment, then service reliability is improved, but deployment complexity increases due to additional validation steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice reliabilityVSAvoiddeployment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The deployment system automatically generates dependency graphs, performs recursive dependency analysis, and validates service compatibility without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the complex validation process by automatically identifying missing dependencies, analyzing compatibility states, and coordinating service instantiation, thereby reducing perceived complexity for users while maintaining high reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Manufacturing precision

If all service dependencies are validated recursively, then deployment accuracy is improved, but processing time increases due to recursive analysis

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeployment accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system generates the dependency graph and performs recursive validation analysis before actual service deployment begins. By completing all dependency checks, compatibility analyses, and missing service identification in advance, the system ensures accurate deployment decisions are made upfront, preventing rework and ensuring services are deployed only when all dependencies are satisfied, thereby maintaining high accuracy without redundant processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250138795A1Services deployment to data processing systems
Publication Date: 2025.05.01 DELL PROD LP
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AI summary

Methods and systems for managing services provided by a data processing system are disclosed. A service of the services may be managed by accounting for other services and dependencies on which the service of the service relies. To account for the other services, the dependencies may need to be validated. To validate the dependencies, the other services may be checked to see if they are implemented. If the other services are not implemented, the other services may be supplemented. Otherwise, the other services may be validated and therefore the dependencies may be validated. Once the other services and the dependencies are validated, then a service of the services may be deployed.