Automated Snapset Synchronization for Cyber Vault Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computing systems face challenges in automating the orchestration of cyber protection for storage volumes, particularly in ensuring synchronized snapsets between production sites and cyber vaults, and in maintaining consistent data replication across disparate locations.
Innovation Solution
The Orchestrated Data Recovery (ODR) Cyber Protection Automation (CPA) method ensures one-to-one creation and synchronization of snapsets between production sites and cyber vaults by monitoring synchronization, using a Storage Volume Creation and Management System (SVCMS) to create snapsets autonomously or based on trigger events, and maintaining a 'one for one' rule for snapset creation across sites.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual orchestration of snapset synchronization is used between production sites and cyber vaults, then data protection can be achieved, but the complexity of operation and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated self-service through the CPA orchestrator that automatically monitors snapset creation events, triggers synchronization processes, and coordinates between production sites and cyber vaults without requiring manual intervention. The orchestrator autonomously manages the entire snapset lifecycle including creation, synchronization, and verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where the CPA orchestrator continuously monitors synchronization status and snapset creation events. When a snapset is created at a production site, the orchestrator detects this event, triggers the synchronization process, and verifies completion, creating a closed-loop control system that automatically responds to system state changes.
2Productivity
If automated snapset synchronization is implemented between production sites and cyber vaults, then operational efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The CPA orchestrator serves as an intermediary component that mediates between production sites and cyber vaults. It receives snapset creation events from production sites, coordinates the synchronization process, and manages snapset creation at cyber vaults, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture by centralizing control logic in a dedicated intermediary component.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the snapset management functionality into distinct modular components: the CPA orchestrator for coordination, the snapset creation logic at production sites, and the snapset storage capability at cyber vaults. This segmentation allows each component to be independently developed, deployed, and maintained, reducing overall system complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If real-time monitoring of snapset synchronization is performed, then data consistency is ensured, but computational resources and time are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic monitoring where the CPA orchestrator checks for snapset creation events and synchronization status at defined intervals rather than continuously. This periodic action approach ensures data consistency through regular verification while reducing computational resource consumption compared to continuous real-time monitoring.
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AI summary
An Orchestrated Data Recovery (ODR) Cyber Protection Automation (CPA) operates to ensure one-to-one creation of snapsets of a production site and corresponding snapsets of a cyber vault. During an initiation phase, the ODR CPA monitors synchronization of a snapset of production volumes from the production site to the cyber vault. If additional snapsets of the production volumes are created prior to completion of synchronization of the first snapset, the additional snapsets are also synchronized to the cyber vault. Once the initial synchronization of the storage volumes has been completed, the ODR CPA causes a Storage Volume Creation and Management System (SVCMS) to create a snapset of the storage volumes at the cyber vault. Subsequently, each time a snapset is created of the production site, the ODR CPA orchestrates synchronization of the snapset to the cyber vault and creation of a corresponding snapset at the cyber vault.