US 12,585,556 B2 · Active component driven computational server reliability and failure prevention system

Abstract

An approach for managing and minimized failure of one or more devices in a computerized cluster and/or vehicle infrastructure is disclosed. The proactive approach for mitigating such black swan events as it relate to hardware failures (e.g., servers, network, vehicle systems/architecture, etc.). The approach would proactively inactivate “suspect” components (i.e., components that are completely functional in multiple systems) based on component vintage data from systems where components have failed or malfunctioned. A dedicated service is actively updating suspect components and their respective vintages spread across various systems. Furthermore, the approach backups components using different vintages are effectively utilized to avoid complete system failure.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for managing and minimized failure of one or more devices in a computerized cluster, the computer-implemented method comprising:

monitoring a health status of the one or more devices associated with the computerized cluster;
determining whether the one or more devices is malfunctioning;
in responsive to determining that the one or more devices is malfunctioning, determining whether there are backup components of the one or more devices;
in responsive to determining that there are backup components, determining whether the backup components have a different vintage information than the vintage information of the one or more malfunctioning devices;
in responsive to determining that the backup components does not have a different vintage than the one or more malfunctioning devices, activating the backup components;
and
in responsive to determining that there are no backup components, managing the one or more malfunctioning devices.

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A computer program product for managing and minimized failure of one or more devices in a computerized cluster further comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media having computer-readable program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, said program instructions executes a computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:
monitoring a health status of the one or more devices associated with the computerized cluster;
determining whether the one or more devices is malfunctioning;
in responsive to determining that the one or more devices is malfunctioning, determining whether there are backup components of the one or more devices;
in responsive to determining that there are backup components, determining whether the backup components have a different vintage information than the vintage information of the one or more malfunctioning devices;
in responsive to determining that the backup components does not have a different vintage than the one or more malfunctioning devices, activating the backup components;
and
in responsive to determining that there are no backup components, managing the one or more malfunctioning devices.

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A computer system for managing and minimized failure of one or more devices in a computerized cluster, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
one or more computer readable storage media having computer-readable program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, said program instructions executes a computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:
monitoring a health status of the one or more devices associated with the computerized cluster;
determining whether the one or more devices is malfunctioning;
in responsive to determining that the one or more devices is malfunctioning, determining whether there are backup components of the one or more devices;
in responsive to determining that there are backup components, determining whether the backup components have a different vintage information than the vintage information of the one or more malfunctioning devices;
in responsive to determining that the backup components does not have a different vintage than the one or more malfunctioning devices, activating the backup components;
and
in responsive to determining that there are no backup components, managing the one or more malfunctioning devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Active component driven computational server reliability and failure prevention system

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Active component driven computational server reliability and failure prevention system

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Abstract

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