US 2026/0086516 A1Published application

Distributed system management with predictive control

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsMAXIM BALIN, WILLIAM JEFFERY WHITE, SAID TABET

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Abstract

Methods and systems for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the services, potential control variables may be obtained. Once obtained, the control variables may be used to drive simulation of operation of a system. The simulated operation may be used to evaluate the quality of the simulation when compared to actual operation of the system. The comparison and the control variables may then be used to predict future operation of the system under the control variables. The future performance may be evaluated to ascertain whether to use the control variables, or to select other control variables for use.

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Dependent claims

A method for managing operation of a distributed system, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a global control system, potential global control variables for a future period of time;
obtaining, using a digital twin of the distributed system and the potential global control variables, first simulated performance of the distributed system;
obtaining, using the first simulated performance and actual performance of the distributed system, an error analysis;
obtaining, using the error analysis and the potential global control variables, a plurality of predicted performances of the distributed system;
evaluating the predicted performances of the distributed based on criteria;
in a first instance of the evaluating where the predicted performances meet the criteria:
updating operation of the distributed system using the potential global control variables to obtain an updated distributed system, and
providing computer implemented services using the updated distributed system;
and
in a second instance of the evaluating where the predicted performances do not meet the criteria:
concluding that the potential global control variables are unsuitable;
and
selecting a new set of potential control variables for evaluation.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause operations for managing a distributed system to be performed, the operations comprising:

obtaining, by a global control system, potential global control variables for a future period of time;
obtaining, using a digital twin of the distributed system and the potential global control variables, first simulated performance of the distributed system;
obtaining, using the first simulated performance and actual performance of the distributed system, an error analysis;
obtaining, using the error analysis and the potential global control variables, a plurality of predicted performances of the distributed system;
evaluating the predicted performances of the distributed based on criteria;
in a first instance of the evaluating where the predicted performances meet the criteria:
updating operation of the distributed system using the potential global control variables to obtain an updated distributed system, and
providing computer implemented services using the updated distributed system;
and
in a second instance of the evaluating where the predicted performances do not meet the criteria:
concluding that the potential global control variables are unsuitable;
and
selecting a new set of potential control variables for evaluation.

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A data processing system, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause operations for managing a distributed system to be performed, the operations comprising:
obtaining, by a global control system, potential global control variables for a future period of time;
obtaining, using a digital twin of the distributed system and the potential global control variables, first simulated performance of the distributed system;
obtaining, using the first simulated performance and actual performance of the distributed system, an error analysis;
obtaining, using the error analysis and the potential global control variables, a plurality of predicted performances of the distributed system;
evaluating the predicted performances of the distributed based on criteria;
in a first instance of the evaluating where the predicted performances meet the criteria:
updating operation of the distributed system using the potential global control variables to obtain an updated distributed system, and
providing computer implemented services using the updated distributed system;
and
in a second instance of the evaluating where the predicted performances do not meet the criteria:
concluding that the potential global control variables are unsuitable;
and
selecting a new set of potential control variables for evaluation.

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