Tiered-Memory VDI Pool Configuration for Adaptive Desktop Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing devices with varying computational capabilities face challenges in providing a consistent user experience due to limitations in sharing common-attribute virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments, which restricts the flexibility and adaptability of computing resources based on user requirements and technical considerations.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that manages a common-attribute VDI environment with tiered memory capabilities by using target resource-specific pool-specific configuration templates and a common configuration template set to dynamically migrate virtual desktops (VDs) between pools based on resource utilization, ensuring optimal allocation and adaptation to user demands and technical policies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed configuration parameters are shared in common-attribute VDI environments, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to varying user requirements and technical considerations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the VDI environment into multiple VD pools, each with different configuration parameters (memory capacity, storage, processing power). This allows virtual desktops to be distributed across pools with varying resources, enabling adaptability to different user requirements while maintaining standardized management within each pool through configuration templates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic configuration management where configuration templates can be modified and updated across VD pools. The system dynamically assigns virtual desktops to appropriate pools based on current requirements, and configuration parameters can be changed without re deploying entire VDI environments, providing both adaptability and operational simplicity.
2Ease of manufacture
If fixed configuration parameters are used across all VD pools, then ease of manufacture and deployment is improved, but the ability to adapt to varying memory needs and technical considerations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different configuration parameters (particularly memory capacity) to vary across different VD pools while maintaining consistent management through templates. Each pool can be optimized for specific memory requirements (e.g., high-memory pools for data-intensive applications, standard pools for general use), enabling tailored resource allocation without complicating overall deployment through template-based management.
3Adaptability or versatility
If configuration templates are generated for multiple VD pools with different resource levels, then adaptability to user demands is improved, but device complexity and monitoring requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality through configuration templates that serve multiple functions: they define pool configurations, guide virtual desktop assignments, and enable standardized management across diverse VD pools. A single template system manages all pools with varying resources, providing adaptability to different user demands while simplifying management through a universal configuration approach rather than separate management for each pool type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the system monitors resource utilization and performance across VD pools, using this information to dynamically adjust configuration templates and virtual desktop assignments. This feedback loop enables the system to adapt to changing user demands automatically, reducing the need for manual configuration management and offsetting the increased complexity through automation.
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AI summary
A method for managing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment includes: obtaining a plurality of target resource specific pool specific configuration templates for a target resource, in which each of the plurality of target resource specific pool specific configuration templates is associated with one or a plurality of virtual desktop (VD) pools, in which the target resource is memory; obtaining a common configuration template set; generating a VD pool configuration for each of the plurality of VD pools using the plurality of target resource specific pool specific configuration templates and the common configuration template set to obtain a plurality of VD pool configurations; selecting a default VD pool from the plurality of VD pools; and deploying, based on the selection, a plurality of VDs into the default VD pool using a VD pool configuration associated with the default VD pool.