Web Server Load Distribution for Cloud Data Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud service systems face challenges in managing data from external devices due to variations in data size, format, and granularity, leading to increased processing loads and difficulties in identifying error sources, as existing methods do not adequately consider these differences when distributing data processing tasks.
Innovation Solution
A management system is implemented with a web server that communicates with external devices, acquires information on device types, creates connection information for efficient data transmission to storage systems, and notifies application servers for appropriate data processing, allowing for differentiated handling of data based on type, format, and granularity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is directly transmitted to the storage system without passing through the web server, then the processing load of the web server is reduced, but the data cannot be managed while considering differences in format and granularity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a load distribution device that acts as an intermediary between external devices and the storage system. This device receives acquisition requests from external devices, determines appropriate storage destinations based on data characteristics, and provides connection information without directly processing the management data itself, thus reducing the web server's processing load while maintaining data management capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the data management function into two parts: the load distribution device handles acquisition request processing and storage destination determination, while the storage system handles actual data storage. This segmentation allows the web server to avoid processing management data while still enabling format and granularity consideration through the load distribution device's destination determination logic
2Productivity
If data is directly transmitted to the storage system, then the processing load of the web server is reduced, but error source identification becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The load distribution device provides feedback to external devices by returning connection information that includes storage destination details. This feedback mechanism maintains a traceable relationship between external devices and storage destinations, enabling error source identification while still allowing direct data transmission to the storage system
3Adaptability or versatility
If the web server processes all data transmissions, then data can be managed with format and granularity consideration, but the processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the acquisition request processing function from the web server and places it in a dedicated load distribution device. The web server retains only the data transmission and storage functions, while the load distribution device handles the complex processing of determining storage destinations based on data format and granularity, thus reducing the web server's processing load while maintaining data management capabilities
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AI summary
A management system includes a web server configured to communicate with a plurality of external devices each stores management data of one or more network devices, and an application server configured to process management data stored in a storage system capable of storing data and management data transferred from the web server. In response to the reception of an acquisition request of connection information used for transmitting the management data from the external devices, the web server acquires information indicating a type of the external device based on the content of the acquisition request. The web server creates connection information including information indicating a storage destination of the management data determined by using the acquired information indicating a type of the external device. The web server transmits a response including the created connection information in response to the acquisition request.