Unified Database Clone System with Lineage Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of creating clones in computing systems, particularly in large enterprise environments with multiple database and storage systems, poses challenges for users and administrators due to the numerous variations and permutations in cloning techniques and management requirements.
Innovation Solution
A unified system for cloning is introduced, which includes a user interface for visually managing relationships and lineages of sources and clones, along with mechanisms to create, maintain, and administer clones across different underlying systems, eliminating the need for users to learn specific procedures for each system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different database and storage systems are used to maintain data for cloning, then the system can support diverse data sources and clone types, but the complexity of creating and managing clones increases exponentially
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal cloning system that provides a single unified interface capable of creating clones from multiple different database and storage systems. The system abstracts the underlying diversity of data sources behind a common cloning mechanism, allowing users to work with a consistent set of procedures regardless of the specific source system being cloned.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary cloning system that sits between the diverse data sources and the user. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of different cloning techniques and procedures for various database and storage systems, translating user requests into system-specific operations without exposing the underlying complexity to users.
2Reliability
If each system has its own cloning procedures and techniques, then each system can be optimized for its specific requirements, but users must learn and manage multiple different cloning methods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the cloning functionality into two distinct layers: a user-facing unified interface layer and system-specific implementation layers. This segmentation allows each underlying system to maintain its optimized cloning procedures while presenting a consistent interface to users, effectively hiding the complexity from end users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal cloning interface that can handle multiple different database and storage systems through a single set of procedures. This universal layer maintains the reliability of system-specific optimizations while providing ease of operation through consistent user interactions across all systems.
3Ease of operation
If a unified cloning system is implemented across multiple systems, then management and maintenance become simpler, but the system must handle numerous variations and permutations in cloning techniques
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an intermediary unified cloning system that manages the complexity of numerous cloning technique variations. This intermediary layer provides simplified management and maintenance through a consistent interface while internally handling the diverse variations and permutations of cloning techniques required by different underlying systems.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a system, method, and computer program product for a unified system for implementing clones. The unified system includes the appropriate infrastructure to create, maintain, and administer clones and supporting data sources in the computing environment. In addition, a user interface is provided that is capable of visually displaying relationships and lineages of sources and clones in the system. The user interface provides functionality to select any given object, and to trace its parent-child relationships to highlight its related parent and/or child source/clone.