Best practice analysis, migration advisor

• US 9,455,871 B1
• Filed: 11/10/2015
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• 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:
  US14/937,341
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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, comprising:

receiving, by a computer system, client configuration information associated with a component of an account, the client configuration information identifying a setting particular to a configuration for the account of the component;

receiving, by the computer system, data configuration information associated with the component of the account;

determining a configuration setting for migrating the account to a different service of a plurality of services based at least in part on the received client configuration information and the received data configuration; and

providing, to an entity associated with the account, the configuration setting for migrating the account to the different service.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the configuration setting is further based at least in part on a resource optimization check associated with the account.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the resource optimization 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.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the different service is a relational database management service.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the configuration setting for migrating the account to the different service, a cost estimate for migrating the account to the different service.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, in response to the provided configuration setting, a request to migrate the account to the different service; and

performing a migration of the account to the different service.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the client configuration information is associated with a client entity of the account.

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

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

receiving configuration information, the configuration information associated with configuring at least one component of an account;

receiving resource usage information associated with the at least one component;

determining, based at least in part on at least one of the received configuration information or the received resource usage information, at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to a different service of a plurality of services; and

providing the at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to the different service to a user of the account.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, the one or more processors configured to perform operations further comprising providing instructions that enable migration of the account from a first web service to the different web service.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, the one or more processors configured to perform operations further comprising implementing the account in the different web service based at least in part on the determined at least one configuration setting.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, the one or more processors configured to perform operations further comprising performing at least one configuration check based at least in part on the determined at least one configuration setting, wherein performing the at least one configuration check on the account comprises at least comparing the received configuration information against a guideline indicated by the configuration check.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, 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.

14. A system, 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 client configuration information associated with at least one component of an account, the client configuration information indicating at least one setting particular to a configuration of the at least one component for the account;

receive resource usage information associated with the account based at least in part on usage of the at least one component;

determine, based at least in part on the received client configuration information and the received resource usage information, at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to a different service of a plurality of services; and

provide the at least one configuration setting for migrating the account to the different service.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one component comprises a data store, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to receive information associated with an operation performed on the data store.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the received resource usage information identifies the operation performed on the data store.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine, based at least in part on the received information, an indication of how the data store is being utilized with relation to the at least one configuration setting.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a performance recommendation associated with operation of the data store based at least in part on the indication.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein determining the performance recommendation is further based at least in part on a performance check associated with the at least one configuration setting.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the performance check is based at least in part on a preference of a user associated with the account.