System and method for logical modeling of distributed computer systems
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, wherein the method is implemented by a processor executing computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, the method comprising:
- generating a design of a distributed computer system at least in part by representing hardware and software resources of the distributed computer system as model components to be included in a design for the distributed computer system, wherein the model components are selected from a group comprising;
a module that is representative of a behavior of an application that is implemented using the hardware and software resources and is to be implemented by the distributed computer system under design;
a port that is representative of a service access point for the module; and
a wire that is representative of an allowable communication connection between two or more ports; and
forming, from the model components included in the design, a logical scale-independent model of the application to be implemented by the distributed computer system under design; and
simulating the distributed computer system using the generated design.
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Abstract
A modeling system permits developers of applications for distributed computer system, such as those used in server data centers or Internet data centers (IDCs), to architect their hardware and software in an abstract manner. The modeling system defines a set of components that represent abstract functional operations of the application that will eventually be physically implemented by one or more computers and one or more software programs executing on the computers. Associated with the model components is a schema that dictates how the functional operations are to be specified. From the model components, the developers can create logical, scale-independent models of the applications that may be implemented by the distributed computer system. The application is scale-independent in that the application is invariant in respect to the number of computers and software programs that my eventually be used to implement it. The application may subsequently be converted to a physical blueprint that specifies the number and type of hardware/software resources and the physical layout of the distributed computer system.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, wherein the method is implemented by a processor executing computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, the method comprising:
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generating a design of a distributed computer system at least in part by representing hardware and software resources of the distributed computer system as model components to be included in a design for the distributed computer system, wherein the model components are selected from a group comprising; a module that is representative of a behavior of an application that is implemented using the hardware and software resources and is to be implemented by the distributed computer system under design; a port that is representative of a service access point for the module; and a wire that is representative of an allowable communication connection between two or more ports; and forming, from the model components included in the design, a logical scale-independent model of the application to be implemented by the distributed computer system under design; and
simulating the distributed computer system using the generated design. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, direct a computing device to:
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enable design of a distributed computer system at least in part by; defining individual model components as abstract functional operations that are physically implemented by one or more computers to be included in a design of the distributed computer system and one or more software programs executing on the computers, the model components having an associated schema dictating how the functional operations are specified, wherein the model components represent resources provided by the computers and the software programs, the resources being scalable from one to many, wherein the model components are selected from a group comprising;
a module that is representative of a behavior of the application, a port that is representative of a communication access point for the module, and a wire that is representative of an interconnection between two or more ports;interconnecting the model components to logically connect the functional operations; and generating a scale-independent application from the interconnected model components and the associated schema; and converting the scale-independent application into a blueprint that specifies the computers and the software programs used to physically implement the application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; computer-executable instructions stored in the memory and executed by the processor for enabling design of a distributed computer system at least in part by representing hardware and software resources of the distributed computer system as model components to be included in a design for the distributed computer system, wherein the model components are selected from a group comprising; a module that is representative of a behavior of an application that is implemented using the hardware and software resources and is to be implemented by the distributed computer system under design; a port that is representative of a communication access point for the module; and a wire that is representative of an interconnection between two or more ports; and wherein the computer-executable instructions executed by the processor associate the model components included in the design with a schema dictating how the hardware and software resources are specified. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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