Transactional Cloud Manager for Data Center Virtualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing and virtualizing data centers and clouds lack efficiency and require complex iterative operations, making it difficult for administrators to manage large-scale cloud infrastructure effectively.
Innovation Solution
The Dynamic Cloud Virtualization (DCV) system, which includes a transactional cloud manager and a compute cluster with a system monitor and control manager, allows for global cloud management, click-ahead operations, one-click operations, direct zoom, and cloud manager agnosticism, enabling efficient and streamlined management of data centers and clouds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional data center management systems are used, then administrators can manage cloud infrastructure, but the systems lack efficiency and require complex iterative operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments cloud resource management into distinct functional modules including compute clusters, storage clusters, network clusters, and virtual machine clusters. Each cluster type is independently managed through specialized interfaces, allowing administrators to handle specific resource types without being overwhelmed by the entire system's complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a unified management interface that acts as an intermediary between administrators and the complex underlying cloud infrastructure. This interface translates high-level administrative actions into the appropriate lower-level operations across different cluster types, shielding users from operational complexity while maintaining full control capabilities.
2Quantity of substance
If more cloud resources are provisioned to handle increased workload, then system capacity increases, but management complexity and difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The management system implements universal control mechanisms that work across all types of cloud resources (compute, storage, network, virtual machines). A single set of management principles and interfaces can handle diverse resource types, allowing administrators to scale capacity without proportionally increasing management difficulty.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent organizes cloud resources into a hierarchical dimensional structure with clusters as the primary dimension and virtual machines as the secondary dimension. This dimensional organization allows administrators to manage large-scale resources by working at appropriate levels of abstraction, preventing management complexity from scaling linearly with resource quantity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual iterative operations are used for cloud management, then flexibility is maintained, but time consumption and operational efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables preliminary configuration and provisioning of cloud resources through pre-defined templates and automated workflows. Administrators can prepare resource allocations, network configurations, and virtual machine images in advance, so that when deployment is needed, resources are provisioned rapidly without manual iterative steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The management interface incorporates real-time feedback mechanisms that monitor cloud resource status, utilization, and health. This feedback enables administrators to make informed decisions and adjust configurations dynamically, maintaining flexibility while reducing the time needed for manual monitoring and adjustment iterations.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for providing cloud virtualization (SV) is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system includes a transactional cloud manager and a compute cluster connected to the transactional cloud manager. The compute cluster includes a system monitor and a control manager in a host. A virtual machine runs on the host, wherein the virtual machine has a VM system monitor and a VM control manager. The transactional cloud manager creates virtual machine clusters on the host.