Virtual Premised Server Automation for Home Network Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation and configuration of home servers are complex and daunting for average consumers, requiring technical knowledge and involving the use of physical computing resources, which can be costly and power-intensive, discouraging their adoption.
Innovation Solution
A virtual premises server on-demand system that automates the installation and configuration of services by instantiating a virtualized server on a network resource, allowing users to select and deploy services through a user interface without the need for physical hardware, using a secure communication tunnel to integrate with local networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual installation and configuration of home servers is performed, then server functionality is achieved, but the process becomes tedious and complicated for average users
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automated service discovery, device detection, and configuration without requiring user technical knowledge. The virtual premised server automatically discovers services on the network, detects compatible devices, and configures connections autonomously, allowing average users to benefit from server functionality without dealing with complex manual setup procedures
Solution Approach 2:
A virtualized premised server acts as an intermediary between the user's local network and server functionality. Instead of requiring users to directly manage physical server hardware and complex configurations, the virtual server abstracts these complexities while providing simplified service selection through a user interface, mediating between user needs and technical implementation
2Ease of operation
If physical home server hardware is purchased and maintained, then server services are available, but power consumption and hardware costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring users to own and operate physical server hardware, the system creates a virtualized copy of premised server functionality that runs on remote infrastructure. Users access server services through virtual instances that replicate the functionality of physical servers without requiring local hardware, thereby eliminating continuous power consumption and hardware maintenance while maintaining service availability
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts server functionality from physical hardware and delivers it as a virtualized service over the network. By separating the computational resources from the user's premises and providing them as a remote service, the solution removes the need for local power consumption and hardware maintenance while preserving access to server capabilities
3Productivity
If automated virtual server instantiation is implemented, then manual setup steps are reduced, but network configuration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs service discovery, network scanning, device detection, and configuration without user intervention. The virtual premised server autonomously discovers available services on the network, detects compatible devices, and configures connections, thereby accelerating deployment while abstracting network complexity from the user through automated self-configuration processes
Data Source
AI summary
Automated virtual premised server installation and services configuration are provided. Aspects provide a system, method, and computer readable storage device that enable aspects of a virtual premised server-on-demand (VPSoD) service to provide a technical improvement to premised server installation, support, and operation. The VPSoD service provides the capability of a consumer to subscribe to one or more premised server servers, and those servers and associated services are automatically installed on a remote virtual instance of a premised server and automatically configured with minimal user input. A secure communication tunnel is configured between the consumer's local network and the virtual premised server for enabling services installed on the virtual premised server to communicate on the local network and behave as if the virtual premised server is connect into the network.