Best practice analysis, optimized resource use

• US 9,626,710 B1
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• 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: Schoch, Jesse D., Chheda, Mahendra M., Heidel, Shawn E., Jaye, Robert B., Brindley-Koonce, Justin K., Brandwine, Eric Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Desai, Resha
• Application Number:
  US13/478,872
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

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 management, comprising:

receiving, by a computer system, at least one resource usage check associated with a distributed computing system;

receiving, by the computer system, resource usage information associated with a data storage device of the distributed computing system, the resource usage information based at least in part on a setting particular to at least one account'"'"'s configuration of the data storage device and historical usage data associated with the at least one account of the data storage device;

performing, by the computer system, the at least one resource usage check based at least in part on a user provided setting;

transmitting, by the computer system, based at least in part on an outcome of the performed at least one resource usage check, information about a resource optimization operation to a user device, the information identifying a number of data storage devices to utilize and a type of the data storage devices to utilize;

receiving, by the computer system, input from the user device confirming the resource optimization operation; and

executing, by the computer system in response to the input received from the user device, a script to perform the resource optimization operation on at least one component of the distributed computing system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on increasing a cost savings to a user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on optimizing usage of at least one operationally attached storage device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on optimizing usage of at least one reserved instance.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the received resource usage information is associated with the at least one reserved instance.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the resource optimization operation indicates a reserved instance configuration for reducing costs to the user.

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

receiving at least one resource usage check associated with a distributed computing system;

receiving resource usage information associated with a data storage device of the distributed computing system, the resource usage information based at least in part on a setting particular to at least one account'"'"'s configuration of the data storage device and historical usage data associated with the at least one account of the data storage device;

performing the at least one resource usage check based at least in part on a user provided setting;

transmitting, based at least in part on an outcome of the performed at least one resource usage check, information about a resource optimization operation to a user device, the information identifying a number of data storage devices to utilize and a type of the data storage devices to utilize;

receiving input from the user device confirming the resource optimization operation; and

executing, in response to the input received from the user device, a script to perform the resource optimization operation on at least one component of the distributed computing system.

8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 7, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on increasing a cost savings to a user.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 7, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on optimizing usage of at least one operationally attached storage device.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 7, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on optimizing usage of at least one reserved instance.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the received resource usage information is associated with the at least one reserved instance.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the resource optimization operation indicates a reserved instance configuration for reducing costs to the user.

13. A distributed system for resource management, 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 at least one resource usage check associated with a distributed computing system;

receive resource usage information associated with a data storage device of the distributed computing system, the resource usage information based at least in part on a setting particular to at least one account'"'"'s configuration of the data storage device and historical usage data associated with the at least one account of the data storage device;

perform the at least one resource usage check based at least in part on a user provided setting;

transmit, based at least in part on an outcome of the performed at least one resource usage check, information about a resource optimization operation to a user device, the information identifying a number of data storage devices to utilize and a type of the data storage devices to utilize;

receive input from the user device confirming the resource optimization operation; and

execute, in response to the input received from the user device, a script to perform the resource optimization operation on at least one component of the distributed computing system.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on increasing a cost savings to a user.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on optimizing usage of at least one operationally attached storage device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the received at least one resource usage check is based at least in part on optimizing usage of at least one reserved instance.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the received resource usage information is associated with the at least one reserved instance.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the resource optimization operation indicates a reserved instance configuration for reducing costs to the user.