Unified Cloud Resource Pool for Management and User Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud computing environments inefficiently manage resources by maintaining separate sets for management and user services, leading to suboptimal utilization and scalability.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a single pool of computing resources that can be dynamically designated for either management or user services, allowing resources to be flexibly allocated based on demand, enabling management services to be provided by former user service resources and vice versa.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate computing resources are maintained for management plane and user plane services, then management services can be safeguarded with higher quality of service, but resource utilization becomes inefficient and scalability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the previously separate management plane resources and user plane resources into a single unified pool of computing resources. This consolidation allows dynamic allocation where resources can be assigned to either management services or user services based on current demand, eliminating the inefficiency of dedicated separate resources while maintaining the ability to safeguard management services through priority allocation and quality of service policies.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where computing resources can be flexibly designated for management services or user services based on changing conditions. The system can adaptively adjust resource assignment in real-time, allowing resources to transition between service types as needed, thereby optimizing utilization while maintaining reliability for management functions when required.
2Reliability
If separate computing resources are allocated for management and user services, then service quality can be maintained, but the system becomes less flexible and harder to scale
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal pool of computing resources that can serve multiple functions - both management plane services and user plane services. This multi-functional resource pool replaces the specialized separate resource sets, enabling the same physical resources to be dynamically assigned to different service types based on organizational needs, thus improving flexibility and scalability while maintaining service quality through proper resource management.
Data Source
AI summary
A device designates a first set of computing resources, of a cloud computing environment, for management services. The management services include services that manage the cloud computing environment, and the first set of computing resources provides a particular quality of service for the management services. The device provisions the first set of computing resources with the management services, and designates a second set of computing resources for user services. The second set of computing resources is separate from the first set of computing resources, and the user services include services provided to users of the cloud computing environment. The device provisions the second set of computing resources with the user services, and designates a third set of computing resources for a pool of unused computing resources. The third set of computing resources is separate from the first set of computing resources and the second set of computing resources.