Best practice analysis, migration advisor

• US 8,954,574 B1
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chheda, Mahendra M., Heidel, Shawn E., Jaye, Robert B., Brindley-Koonce, Justin K., Brandwine, Eric Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US13/478,960
• Time in Patent Office: 993 Days
• Field of Search: 709200-203, 709217-227, 718/104
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/08 Payment architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/425 using two different networks, one for transaction and one for security confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0826 for reduction of network costs H04L41/0833 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0859 by keeping history of different configuration generations or by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/18 Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/20 Network management software packages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, providing resource allocation advice, configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice regarding data storage, access, placement, and/or related web services. In some examples, a web service may utilize or otherwise control a client instance to control, access, or otherwise manage resources of a distributed system. Based at least in part on one or more resource usage checks and/or configuration checks, resource usage information and/or configuration information of an account utilizing a web service, and/or user preferences and/or settings, resource allocation advice, system configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice may be provided to a user of an account. Additionally, in some examples, one or more remediation operations may be performed automatically.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for resource migration, comprising:

under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,

receiving configuration information of at least one component associated with an account configured to access a first web service, the configuration information indicating at least one setting particular to the account'"'"'s configuration of the at least one component;

determining at least one configuration check to be performed on the account;

performing the determined at least one configuration check on the account;

determining, based at least in part on an outcome of the performed configuration check, at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to a second web service; and

providing the at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to the second web service.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one component includes at least one of a client entity, a data storage device operationally attached to the client entity, or a network interface device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first web service provides cloud computing services or distributed computing services.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determined at least one configuration check includes a determination associated with at least one of a service limit, an idle instance, an instance usage, an instance size, an unused data backup, a stored data distribution, a reserved instance, service usage, account consolidation, an application programming interface (API) call, a certificate limit, a content distribution, a cost threshold, a data transfer, a data storage type, a data storage version, or a product usage.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein performing the at least one configuration check on the account includes at least comparing the received configuration information against a guideline indicated by the configuration check.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the at least one configuration setting is further based at least in part on an indication of whether to optimize the account or reduce account costs.

7. A system for resource migration, comprising:

at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to;

receive usage information of at least one component of a first computing system, the usage information indicating at least one resource particular to an account associated with the first computing system;

perform at least one usage check on the account;

determine, based at least in part on an outcome of the performed usage check, at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to a second computing system; and

provide the at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to the second computing system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least on component includes at least a processor, a memory storage device, or a network interface device.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the first computing system and the second computing system are operated by different entities.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the performed at least one usage check is received from the second computing system, received from a third-party computing system, or determined by the system for resource migration.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the second computing system includes at least the system for implementing resource migration.

12. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

determining a cost associated with migrating the account to the second computing system; and

providing the determined cost to a user of the account.

13. One or more computer-readable media collectively storing computer-executable instructions for data storage management that, when executed by one or more processors, configures the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving configuration information associated with an account of a first distributed computing system, the configuration information indicating at least one setting particular to the account'"'"'s configuration of the first distributed computing system;

receiving resource usage information associated with the account;

determining, based at least in part on the received configuration information and the received resource usage information, a migration recommendation, the migration recommendation indicating at least one configuration of a second distributed computing system; and

providing the migration recommendation to a user of the account.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the received resource usage information indicates the account'"'"'s usage of resources of the first distributed computing system.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the first distributed computing system provides at least one of a web service or a cloud computing service, and wherein the received configuration information and the received resource usage information is based at least in part on usage of the at least one of the web service or the cloud computing service.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein determining the migration recommendation is based at least in part on optimizing performance of the account.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein determining the migration recommendation is based at least in part on reducing a cost of utilizing the account to a user of the account.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the migration recommendation indicates a migration of the account to the second distributed computing system, the second distributed computing system operated separately from the first distributed computing system and providing a substantially same performance.

19. A computer-implemented method for resource migration, comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer systems, configuration information of at least one component associated with an account configured to access a first web service, the configuration information indicating at least one setting particular to the account'"'"'s configuration of the at least one component;

determining at least one configuration check to be performed on the account based at least in part on the configuration information;

performing the determined at least one configuration check on the account;

determining, based at least in part on an outcome of the performed configuration check, at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to a second web service; and

providing the at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to the second web service.