Evaluating service degradation risk for a service provided by data processing resources
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating degradation of service risk for a service provided by at least one digital data processing device, comprising:
- recording in a data processing system a service requirements specification for a service, said service being a service provided by a set of digital data processing resources on behalf of at least one client, said service requirements specification specifying a plurality of digital data processing resources required to provide said service;
recording in a data processing system a configuration specification, said configuration specification specifying a configuration of digital data processing resources of a service provider available to provide said service on behalf of said at least one client, said configuration specification being independent of said service requirements specification;
automatically accessing, with a data processing system, reliability data for digital data resources specified in said configuration specification;
using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine, with a data processing system, a risk of degradation of the service specified in said service requirements specification when provided by the configuration of digital data processing resources specified in said configuration specification, the risk of degradation of the service being a risk that less than all of the plurality of digital data processing resources specified in said service requirements specification will be available to provide the service; and
providing results of said using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine a risk of degradation of the service to a user.
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Abstract
In one aspect, a service requirements specification specifies data processing resources required to provide a service, and a configuration specification specifies a configuration of data processing resources for providing the service. The service requirements specification and configuration specification are analyzed using resource reliability data for the specified resources to determine a composite risk of degradation of the service. In another aspect, reliability of one or more software modules is projected according to a current state in a development life cycle of the software modules and any of various additional indicators. Preferably, a data processing support provider separate from the service-providing enterprise maintains historical field support data concerning significant field defect events with respect to various resources, and uses this data for projecting reliability of the resources.
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1. A method for evaluating degradation of service risk for a service provided by at least one digital data processing device, comprising:
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recording in a data processing system a service requirements specification for a service, said service being a service provided by a set of digital data processing resources on behalf of at least one client, said service requirements specification specifying a plurality of digital data processing resources required to provide said service; recording in a data processing system a configuration specification, said configuration specification specifying a configuration of digital data processing resources of a service provider available to provide said service on behalf of said at least one client, said configuration specification being independent of said service requirements specification; automatically accessing, with a data processing system, reliability data for digital data resources specified in said configuration specification; using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine, with a data processing system, a risk of degradation of the service specified in said service requirements specification when provided by the configuration of digital data processing resources specified in said configuration specification, the risk of degradation of the service being a risk that less than all of the plurality of digital data processing resources specified in said service requirements specification will be available to provide the service; and providing results of said using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine a risk of degradation of the service to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for evaluating degradation of service risk for a service provided by at least one digital data processing device, comprising:
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recording in a data processing system a service requirements specification for a service, said service being a service provided by a set of digital data processing resources on behalf of at least one client, said service requirements specification specifying a plurality of digital data processing resources required to provide said service; recording in a data processing system a configuration specification, said configuration specification specifying a configuration of digital data processing resources of a service provider available to provide said service on behalf of said at least one client; automatically accessing, with a data processing system, reliability data for digital data resources specified in said configuration specification; using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine, with a data processing system, a risk of degradation of the service specified in said service requirements specification when provided by the configuration of digital data processing resources specified in said configuration specification; and providing results of said using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine a risk of degradation of the service to a user; wherein using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine, with a data processing system, a risk of degradation of the service specified in said service requirements specification when provided by the configuration of digital data processing resources specified in said configuration specification comprises; generating a plurality of resource states of resources identified in said configuration specification; pruning resource states which do not meet requirements of said service requirements specification; and using said resource reliability data to automatically assign a probability to unpruned resource states. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method for evaluating degradation of service risk for a service provided by at least one digital data processing device, comprising:
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recording in a data processing system a service requirements specification for a service, said service being a service provided by a set of digital data processing resources on behalf of at least one client, said service requirements specification specifying a minimum of a plurality of digital data processing resources required to provide said service; recording in a data processing system a configuration specification, said configuration specification specifying a configuration of digital data processing resources of a service provider available to provide said service on behalf of said at least one client, said configuration specification being independent of said service requirements specification; automatically accessing, with a data processing system, reliability data for digital data resources specified in said configuration specification; using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine, with a data processing system, a risk of degradation of the service specified in said service requirements specification when provided by the configuration of digital data processing resources specified in said configuration specification, the risk of degradation of the service being a risk that the configuration of digital data processing resources specified in said configuration specification will fail to meet the minimum of the digital data processing resources required to provide said service specified in said service requirements specification; and providing results of said using said service requirements specification, said configuration specification, and said resource reliability data to automatically determine a risk of degradation of the service to a user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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