JP7312878B1 - Management system, information processing device, program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

A management system, an information processing device, a program, and an information processing method are provided.
A management system (10) includes a collection server agent that transmits edge state information to a collection server that collects edge state information indicating the state of the edge server, an edge ID that can identify the edge server, and edge-related information related to the edge server. The system includes a control unit for distributing an application to an edge server to which the application is to be distributed, specified based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB.
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Description

The present invention relates to a management system, an information processing device, a program, and an information processing method.

Patent Literature 1 describes a technique for providing services by linking a cloud server and an edge server.
[Prior art documents]
[Patent Literature]
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-2019-135578

According to one embodiment of the invention, a management system is provided. The management system may comprise a provisioning system. The provisioning system may provision the edge server with a collection server agent that transmits the edge state information to a collection server that collects the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server, an edge ID that can identify the edge server, and edge-related information related to the edge server. The management system may comprise a time-series DB. The time-series DB may associate and store the edge ID and the edge-related information provisioned in the edge server by the provisioning system. The management system may comprise a controller. The control unit may cause an APP distribution system that distributes an application to distribute the application to an edge server that is a distribution destination of the application specified based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB.

The edge-related information may include at least one of edge position information indicating the position of the edge server, edge specification information indicating specifications of the edge server, and edge type information indicating the type of the edge server. Based on the edge-related information and the APP-related information acquired from an application management DB that stores APP-related information related to an application to be distributed to an edge server, the control unit may identify the edge server that satisfies conditions as a distribution destination of the application. The APP-related information may include at least one of a communication partner of the application, an operating environment of the application, an operation type of the application, an input data type of the application, and an output data type of the application. The control unit may acquire the edge-related information and the edge state information of each of the plurality of edge servers from the edge management DB and the time series DB using the edge ID, and identify the edge server to which the application is to be distributed from the plurality of edge servers based on the edge-related information and the edge state information.

The management system may further include a failure detection system that executes failure detection processing for detecting failures in the plurality of edge servers based on the edge state information of the plurality of edge servers stored in the time-series DB. When the failure detection system detects a failure of the edge server that causes the APP distribution system to distribute the application, the control unit may identify another edge server to which the application is to be distributed based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB, and cause the APP distribution system to distribute the application to the identified edge server. The edge state information may include at least one of a CPU utilization state of the edge server, a memory utilization state of the edge server, and a communication state of the edge server.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an information processing device is provided. The information processing apparatus may include a collection server agent that transmits the edge state information to a collection server that collects the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server, and a provisioning unit that provisions the edge server with an edge ID capable of identifying the edge server and edge-related information related to the edge server. The information processing apparatus may include a registration unit that registers the edge ID provisioned in the edge server and the edge-related information in an edge management DB that manages information on the plurality of edge servers. The edge-related information may include at least one of edge position information indicating the position of the edge server, edge specification information indicating specifications of the edge server, and edge type information indicating the type of the edge server.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device may include an APP-related information acquisition unit that acquires APP-related information related to an application to be distributed. The information processing apparatus may include a specifying unit that specifies the edge server to which the application is to be distributed, based on the edge-related information of a plurality of edge servers stored in an edge management DB that associates and stores edge IDs that can identify edge servers and edge-related information related to the edge servers, and the APP-related information. The information processing apparatus may include a delivery instruction unit that causes an APP delivery system that delivers an application to deliver the application to the edge server specified by the specifying unit.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented information processing method is provided. The information processing method may comprise a collection server agent transmitting the edge state information to a collection server that collects the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server, and a provisioning step of provisioning the edge server with an edge ID capable of identifying the edge server and edge-related information related to the edge server. The information processing method may include a registration step of registering the edge ID provisioned in the edge server and the edge-related information in an edge management DB that manages information of the plurality of edge servers.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented information processing method is provided. The information processing method may comprise an APP related information acquisition step of acquiring APP related information related to the application to be delivered. The information processing method may include a specifying step of specifying an edge server to which the application is to be distributed, based on the edge-related information of the plurality of edge servers stored in an edge management DB that associates and stores an edge ID that can identify the edge server and edge-related information related to the edge server, and the APP-related information. The information processing method may include a delivery instruction step of causing an APP delivery system that delivers an application to deliver the application to the edge server specified by the specifying unit.

It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not list all the necessary features of the invention. Subcombinations of these feature groups can also be inventions.

An example of a management system 10 is shown schematically. An example of the flow of processing in the management system 10 is shown schematically. An example of an APP management table 710 is shown schematically. An example of the functional configuration of the provisioning system 500 is shown schematically. An example of the functional configuration of a control unit 600 is shown schematically. An example of a hardware configuration of a computer 1200 functioning as a provisioning system 500 or a control unit 600 is shown schematically.

System complexity is expected due to the spread of 5G (5th Generation) architecture, various infrastructures, an increase in edges, and an increase in applications. For example, an increase in the number of various edges will complicate communication paths, and it is assumed that it will become difficult to monitor and control edges and communication paths. In addition, it is necessary to provision various information to various edges. In addition, as edges and applications become more complex, it is expected that it will become difficult to operate applications as desired. In addition, in a situation where various applications are running on various edges, it is assumed that it will be difficult to restore the applications. The management system 10 according to this embodiment provides technology that contributes to solving these problems.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. Also, not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solution of the invention.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of a management system 10. As shown in FIG. The management system 10 manages multiple edge servers 100 .

Multiple edge servers 100 may be located at various locations in the network. The edge server 100 is arranged in a cloud, for example. The edge server 100 is arranged in a mobile communication network, for example. The mobile communication network in which the edge server 100 is arranged may comply with the 5G communication scheme. The mobile communication network in which the edge server 100 is arranged may comply with the LTE (Long Term Evolution) communication method, the 3G (3rd Generation) communication method, and the 6G (6th Generation) communication method and later communication methods. The edge server 100 is arranged in MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing), for example. The edge server 100 is arranged in an edge device, for example. An edge on the endpoint side may be called a Far edge, and an edge on the cloud side may be called a Near edge.

Management system 10 may comprise provisioning system 500 . The provisioning system 500 performs provisioning of multiple edge servers 100 . Provisioning system 500 may be placed anywhere on the network. Provisioning system 500 is, for example, deployed in a cloud. The provisioning system 500 may be implemented by one device or may be implemented by multiple devices. The provisioning system 500 may be an example of an information processing device.

The management system 10 may have an edge management DB 200 . The edge management DB 200 stores information on multiple edge servers 100 . The edge management DB 200 is arranged at any position on the network. The edge management DB 200 is arranged in the cloud, for example.

The management system 10 may comprise a collection server 300 and a time series DB 310 . The collection server 300 collects edge state information indicating the states of the edge servers 100 from the plurality of edge servers 100 . The time-series DB 310 stores edge state information collected from the plurality of edge servers 100 by the collection server 300 . The collection server 300 and the time series DB 310 are arranged at arbitrary positions on the network. The collection server 300 and the time series DB 310 are arranged in the cloud, for example.

The management system 10 may include a control section 600 . The control unit 600 controls distribution of applications to a plurality of edge servers 100 . The control unit 600 is arranged at an arbitrary position on the network. The control unit 600 is arranged in a cloud, for example. The control unit 600 may be realized by one device or may be realized by a plurality of devices. The control unit 600 may be an example of an information processing device.

The control unit 600 may cause the APP distribution system 400 that distributes the application to distribute the application to the edge server 100 . Management system 10 may comprise an APP distribution system 400 . The APP distribution system 400 is placed anywhere on the network. APP distribution system 400 is, for example, located in the cloud. Note that the control unit 600 may also serve as the APP distribution system 400 . That is, control unit 600 may further include the functions of APP distribution system 400 .

The management system 10 may comprise an APP management DB700. The APP management DB 700 stores APP-related information related to applications registered via the user IF 30 by the user 20 who is the application provider. The user 20 can register APP-related information via the user IF 30 using any communication terminal such as a PC (Personal Computer), a smart phone, and a tablet terminal. For example, when a new application is registered in the APP management DB 700 , the control unit 600 controls the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application to the edge server 100 . The APP management DB 700 is arranged at any position on the network. The APP management DB 700 is arranged in the cloud, for example.

The management system 10 may comprise a failure detection system 800. FIG. The failure detection system 800 executes failure detection processing for detecting failures in a plurality of edge servers 100 . The failure detection system 800 is placed anywhere on the network. The failure detection system 800 is arranged in a cloud, for example.

The management system 10 according to this embodiment uses a common edge ID that can identify the edge server 100 . The edge ID may be an ID commonly used in the management system 10 . The edge ID may be any information as long as it can uniquely identify the edge server 100 in the management system 10 . Conventionally, a system that manages the edge servers 100 for distributing applications and a system that manages the edge servers 100 for monitoring the state of the edge servers 100 separately manage a plurality of edge servers 100, making it difficult to cooperate with each other. On the other hand, in the management system 10, cooperation can be easily realized by using a common edge ID.

The provisioning system 500 provisions the edge server 100 with collection server agents that send edge state information to the collection server 300 and edge IDs and edge related information associated with the edge server 100 . Edge-related information may be static information related to the edge server 100 . The edge-related information includes at least one of edge position information indicating the position of the edge server 100 , edge specification information indicating the specifications of the edge server 100 , and edge type information indicating the type of the edge server 100 .

For example, edge-related information includes edge position information. The edge position information indicates the latitude and longitude of the edge server 100, for example. The edge position information may indicate the address of the location where the edge server 100 is located.

For example, edge-related information includes edge specification information. The edge specification information includes, for example, the specifications of the CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the edge server 100 . The edge spec information includes, for example, the memory spec of the edge server 100 .

For example, edge-related information includes edge type information. The edge type information may indicate the placement of the edge server 100 on the network. For example, the edge type information indicates cloud, MEC, edge device, far edge, near edge, and the like.

As described above, in the management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the provisioning system 500 can provision and manage various information for the edge server 100 . For example, as the spread of 5G architecture progresses, the importance of geographical information and specification information of the edge server 100 will increase, and such information can be easily managed.

A collection server agent provisioned on the edge server 100 sends the edge state information of the edge server 100 to the collection server 300 . The collection server agent may send edge state information to the collection server 300 on an ongoing basis. For example, the collection server agent periodically transmits edge state information to the collection server 300 according to predetermined timing. For example, the collection server agent irregularly transmits edge state information to the collection server 300 according to predetermined conditions.

The edge state information may include at least one of the CPU utilization state of the edge server 100 , the memory utilization state of the edge server 100 , and the communication state of the edge server 100 .

The edge state information includes, for example, the usage state of the CPU of the edge server 100 . As a specific example, the edge state information includes the CPU usage rate of the edge server 100 .

The edge state information includes, for example, the memory usage state of the edge server 100 . As a specific example, the edge state information includes the memory usage rate of the edge server 100. FIG.

Edge state information includes, for example, the communication state of the edge server 100 . As a specific example, the edge state information includes communication intervals of the edge server 100 . The edge state information also includes, for example, the communication speed of communication by the edge server 100 .

The provisioning system 500 registers edge IDs provisioned in the edge server 100 and edge-related information in the edge management DB 200 . The edge management DB 200 associates and stores edge IDs registered by the provisioning system 500 and edge-related information.

The collection server 300 collects edge state information from each collection server agent of the plurality of edge servers 100 . The collection server 300 associates the edge state information with the edge ID of the edge server 100 that is the transmission source of the edge state information and stores them in the time-series DB 310 . The time-series DB 310 stores the edge state information and the edge ID in association with each other.

The control unit 600 causes the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application to the edge server 100 of the application distribution destination specified based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB 200 .

Based on the APP-related information acquired from the APP management DB 700 and the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB 200, the control unit 600 may identify the edge server 100 that satisfies the conditions as the distribution destination of the application corresponding to the APP-related information among the plurality of edge servers 100 as the distribution destination edge server 100. For example, in response to detecting that new APP-related information has been registered in the APP management DB 700, the control unit 600 identifies the edge server 100 to which the application corresponding to the APP-related information is distributed. The control unit 600 causes the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application to the specified edge server 100 .

The control unit 600 may use the edge state information in addition to the edge-related information to identify the edge server 100 to which the application is distributed. For example, the control unit 600 uses the edge ID to acquire the edge-related information and edge state information of each of the plurality of edge servers 100 from the edge management DB 200 and the time-series DB 310, and based on the acquired edge-related information and edge state information, identifies the edge server 100 to which the application is to be distributed from among the plurality of edge servers 100. As described above, in the management system 10 according to the present embodiment, by using a common edge ID, edge-related information and edge state information can be easily coordinated. As a result, it is possible to distribute the application to the edge server 100 suitable for the application to be distributed, taking into consideration both the position, specifications, type, etc. of the edge server 100 and the state of the edge server 100.例文帳に追加

The failure detection system 800 executes failure detection processing for detecting failures of the edge servers 100 based on the edge state information of the edge servers 100 stored in the time series DB 310 . The failure detection system 800 may determine whether each of the plurality of edge servers 100 is in failure by executing failure detection processing. The failure detection system 800 may determine whether or not there is a possibility that each of the plurality of edge servers 100 is in failure by executing failure detection processing.

The failure detection system 800 detecting failure of the edge server 100 may include the failure detection system 800 determining that the edge server 100 has failed. Detecting a failure of the edge server 100 by the failure detection system 800 may include determining that the edge server 100 may have failed.

The fault detection system 800 determines that the edge server 100 may be faulty when, for example, the CPU usage rate included in the edge state information indicates an abnormality. For example, the failure detection system 800 determines that there is a possibility that the edge server 100 has failed when the CPU usage rate is higher than a predetermined threshold for a predetermined time or longer.

The fault detection system 800 determines that the edge server 100 may be faulty when, for example, the memory utilization rate included in the edge state information indicates an abnormality. For example, the failure detection system 800 determines that there is a possibility that the edge server 100 has failed when the memory utilization rate is higher than a predetermined threshold for a predetermined time or longer.

The fault detection system 800 determines that the edge server 100 may be faulty when, for example, the communication interval or communication speed included in the edge state information indicates an abnormality. The fault detection system 800 determines that the edge server 100 may be faulty if, for example, the non-communication period during which no communication is performed is longer than a predetermined period.

These determination methods are examples, and the failure detection system 800 may determine whether or not there is a possibility that the edge server 100 has failed using any existing determination method.

When the failure detection system 800 detects a failure of the edge server 100 that causes the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application, the control unit 600 may identify another edge server 100 to which the application is to be distributed based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB 200, and cause the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application to the identified edge server 100. For example, the control unit 600 identifies the edge server 100 of the same type as the edge server 100 in which the failure was detected. As a result, even if the application running on the edge server 100 stops, the service can be continued by activating the application on the edge server 100 of the same type.

The control unit 600 may identify the other edge server 100 based on edge-related information stored in the edge management DB 200 and edge state information stored in the time series DB 310 . Since the management system 10 according to this embodiment uses a common edge ID, such cooperation can be easily realized. For example, the control unit 600 identifies edge servers 100 that are of the same type as the edge server 100 in which the failure has been detected and that are in good condition. As a result, the application can be executed in the same way as the original edge server 100, and the application can be operated on the edge server 100 which has a low possibility of stopping the service again, contributing to stable service provision.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing in the management system 10. As shown in FIG. Here, a flow of provisioning to one edge server 100, distributing an application to the edge server 100, and then redistributing the application to another edge server 100 when a failure occurs in the edge server 100 will be described as an example.

In step (sometimes abbreviated as S) 102, the provisioning system 500 provisions the edge server 100 with a collection server agent, an APP delivery system agent, an edge ID, and edge-related information. In S<b>104 , the provisioning system 500 registers the edge ID and edge-related information provisioned in the edge server 100 in S<b>102 in the edge management DB 200 .

At S<b>106 , the APP distribution system agent provisioned on the edge server 100 registers the edge server 100 with the APP distribution system 400 . At S<b>108 , the collection server agent provisioned on the edge server 100 registers the edge server 100 with the collection server 300 . After registration, the collection server agent continuously sends the edge state information of the edge server 100 to the collection server 300 . In S<b>108 , the collection server 300 causes the time series DB 310 to store the edge state information collected from the edge server 100 .

At S110, the user 20 registers the application in the APP management DB 700 via the user IF30. The APP management DB 700 stores APP-related information of applications.

At S<b>112 , control unit 600 detects that the application has been registered in APP management DB 700 . The control unit 600 may detect application registration by monitoring the application registration status in the APP management DB 700 . Alternatively, the control unit 600 may detect the registration of the application by the APP management DB 700 notifying the control unit 600 that the application has been registered.

In S114, the control unit 600 refers to the edge management DB 200 using the label included in the APP-related information registered in the APP management DB 700 as a key. The control unit 600 identifies the edge server 100 to which the application is to be distributed from the plurality of edge servers 100 whose edge-related information is registered in the edge management DB 200 .

In S116, the control unit 600 transmits to the APP distribution system 400 an application distribution instruction for the edge server 100 identified in S114. At S118, the APP distribution system 400 distributes the application to the edge server 100 according to the distribution instruction received at S116. The edge server 100 starts a service using an application according to an instruction from the user 20 or the like.

At S<b>120 , the failure detection system 800 detects a failure of the edge server 100 based on the edge state information of the plurality of edge servers 100 stored in the time series DB 310 . Here, the explanation is continued assuming that a failure has been detected in the edge server 100 identified in S116. In S122, the failure detection system 800 notifies the control unit 600 of the edge server 100 that has failed.

In S124, the control unit 600 refers to the edge management DB 200 using the information of the edge server 100 notified in S122 as a key. The control unit 600 may identify the edge server 100 of the same type as the edge server 100 notified in S122.

In S126, the control unit 600 transmits to the APP distribution system 400 a distribution instruction instructing the edge server 100 identified in S124 to distribute the same application as the application distributed to the edge server 100 in which the failure was detected in S120. At S128, the APP distribution system 400 distributes the application to the edge server 100 according to the distribution instruction received at S126.

FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the APP management table 710. As shown in FIG. The APP management DB 700 may manage APP-related information of multiple applications using the APP management table 710 . Note that the APP management DB 700 may manage APP-related information of multiple applications in a format other than the table format.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the APP-related information includes application name, communication partner, desired operation, operating environment, application type, operation specifications, input data, and output data. APP-related information may not include some of these. Also, the APP-related information may include information other than these.

The application name indicates the name of the application. A communication partner indicates an application that is a communication partner of the application. Desired Action indicates the action specification desired for the application. FIG. 3 exemplifies low delay and high availability, but is not limited to these.

The operating environment indicates edge type. The edge type may be classified according to the location of the edge server 100 and the required specifications of the edge server 100 . As the edge type, for example, a type is defined for each combination of the arrangement of the edge server 100 (cloud, MEC, edge device, far edge, near edge, etc.) and the hardware specifications of the edge server 100 (presence of camera, presence of GPU, etc.).

The application type indicates the type of application. For example, the app type is backend or frontend.

The behavior specification indicates the specification of the behavior of the application. Although image analysis, numerical analysis, and data display are illustrated in FIG. 3, the present invention is not limited to these. Input data indicates the type of input data. Output data indicates the type of output data. Although numerical values, images, and graphs are illustrated in FIG. 3, the present invention is not limited to these.

For example, the control unit 600 identifies an edge server 100 that can achieve low latency, that satisfies the layout and hardware specifications indicated by the edge type J, and that is capable of performing image analysis on an input image and outputting numerical values, as a delivery destination of the application indicated by the APP-related information of “A001”. As described above, according to the management system 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to identify the edge server 100 suitable for the application and distribute the application simply by labeling the application as illustrated in FIG. 3 without requiring complicated operations.

FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the functional configuration of the provisioning system 500. As shown in FIG. The provisioning system 500 includes a storage unit 502 , a setting unit 504 , a provisioning unit 506 and a registration unit 508 .

The storage unit 502 stores various information. A setting unit 504 executes various settings. The storage unit 502 stores information set by the setting unit 504 .

The setting unit 504 sets the edge ID of the edge server 100, for example. The setting unit 504 sets an edge ID that can commonly identify the edge server 100 in the management system 10 . The setting unit 504 sets the edge IDs of the plurality of edge servers 100 according to instructions from the operator of the management system 10, for example.

The setting unit 504 sets edge-related information of the edge server 100, for example. The setting unit 504 sets edge-related information for each of the plurality of edge servers 100 according to instructions from the operator of the management system 10, for example. The storage unit 502 associates and stores the edge ID and the edge-related information set by the setting unit 504 .

The setting unit 504 sets, for example, a collection server agent. The storage unit 502 stores collection server agents set by the setting unit 504 . The setting unit 504 sets, for example, an APP distribution system agent. Storage unit 502 stores the APP delivery system agent set by setting unit 504 .

A provisioning unit 506 executes provisioning of the edge server 100 . The provisioning unit 506 may provision the edge server 100 with an edge ID and edge-related information corresponding to the edge server 100, a collection server agent, and an APP distribution system agent.

The registration unit 508 registers the edge ID and edge-related information provisioned in the edge server 100 by the provisioning unit 506 in the edge management DB 200 .

FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of the functional configuration of the control section 600. As shown in FIG. The control unit 600 includes an APP related information reference unit 602 , an edge related information acquisition unit 604 , an edge state information acquisition unit 606 , a specification unit 608 , a distribution instruction unit 610 and a failure information acquisition unit 612 .

APP-related information acquisition unit 602 acquires APP-related information stored in APP management DB 700 . The APP-related information acquisition unit 602 may detect that new APP-related information has been registered in the APP management DB 700 . The APP-related information acquisition unit 602 may detect application registration by monitoring the application registration status in the APP management DB 700 . The APP-related information acquisition unit 602 may detect registration of an application by receiving notification information that notifies that the application has been registered from the APP management DB 700 .

The APP-related information acquisition unit 602 may acquire the APP-related information of the application to be distributed from the APP management DB 700 . The APP-related information acquisition unit 602 may acquire the APP-related information of the application from the APP management DB 700 in response to detecting that a new application has been registered in the APP management DB 700 .

The edge-related information acquisition unit 604 acquires edge-related information of a plurality of edge servers 100 . The edge-related information acquisition unit 604 may acquire edge-related information of a plurality of edge servers 100 from the edge management DB 200 .

The edge state information acquisition unit 606 acquires edge state information of a plurality of edge servers 100 . The edge state information acquisition unit 606 may acquire edge state information of a plurality of edge servers 100 from the time series DB 310 .

When the APP-related information acquisition unit 602 acquires the APP-related information of the application to be distributed, the specifying unit 608 specifies the edge server 100 to which the application is to be delivered based on the APP-related information and the edge-related information of the plurality of edge servers 100 acquired by the edge-related information acquisition unit 604. The identification unit 608 may use the edge-related information of all the edge servers 100 acquired by the edge-related information acquisition unit 604 from the edge management DB 200 .

The identifying unit 608 may cause the edge-related information obtaining unit 604 to obtain the edge-related information of the edge server 100 that is a candidate for distributing the application to be distributed. For example, under the control of the specifying unit 608, the edge-related information acquisition unit 604 acquires edge-related information from the edge management DB 200 using the label included in the APP-related information of the distribution target application as a key. The edge-related information acquisition unit 604 may acquire from the edge management DB 200 the edge-related information of the edge server 100 that satisfies the conditions based on the label included in the APP-related information.

The identification unit 608 may identify the edge server 100 to which the application is to be distributed, using the edge state information in addition to the edge-related information. The identifying unit 608 may use the edge state information of all the edge servers 100 that the edge state information acquiring unit 606 has acquired from the time-series DB 310 . The identifying unit 608 may cause the edge state information obtaining unit 606 to obtain the edge state information of the edge servers 100 that are candidates for distributing the distribution target application. For example, the specifying unit 608 causes the edge state information acquisition unit 606 to acquire from the time series DB 310 the edge state information of the edge server 100 that satisfies the condition of the label included in the APP-related information.

The identifying unit 608 identifies, for example, the edge server 100 in better condition among the plurality of edge servers 100 that satisfy the condition of the label included in the APP-related information. A good state may mean that the CPU utilization rate is lower than that of other edge servers 100 . A good state may mean that the memory utilization rate is lower than that of other edge servers 100 . A good state may mean that the communication interval is wider than that of other edge servers 100 . These are examples, and the identifying unit 608 may identify the edge servers 100 in good condition by any determination method.

The distribution instruction unit 610 transmits a distribution instruction to the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application to the edge server 100 identified as the distribution destination of the application by the identification unit 608 .

The failure information acquisition unit 612 acquires failure information of the edge server 100 from the failure detection system 800 . The failure information acquisition unit 612 acquires, for example, the edge ID of the edge server 100 whose failure has been detected by the failure detection system 800 .

When the failure information acquisition unit 612 acquires the failure information of the edge server 100 that causes the delivery instruction unit 610 to deliver the application, the specifying unit 608 may specify another edge server 100 to which the application is to be delivered. The identifying unit 608 may identify the edge server 100 based on edge-related information stored in the edge management DB 200 . The identifying unit 608 may identify the edge server 100 based on the edge-related information acquired by the edge-related information acquiring unit 604 . The identification unit 608 may identify the edge server 100 further based on edge state information stored in the time-series DB 310 . The identification unit 608 may identify the edge server 100 based on the edge-related information acquired by the edge-related information acquisition unit 604 and the edge state information acquired by the edge state information acquisition unit 606 . The distribution instruction unit 610 transmits a distribution instruction to the APP distribution system 400 to distribute the application to the edge server 100 identified as the distribution destination of the application by the identification unit 608 .

FIG. 6 schematically shows an example of the hardware configuration of a computer 1200 that functions as the provisioning system 500 or control unit 600. As shown in FIG. Programs installed on the computer 1200 may cause the computer 1200 to act as one or more "parts" of the apparatus of the present invention, or may cause the computer 1200 to perform operations associated with the apparatus of the present invention or one or more of the "parts" thereof, and/or may cause the computer 1200 to perform the process or steps of the process of the present invention. Such programs may be executed by CPU 1212 to cause computer 1200 to perform certain operations associated with some or all of the blocks in the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein.

Computer 1200 according to this embodiment includes CPU 1212 , RAM 1214 , and graphics controller 1216 , which are interconnected by host controller 1210 . Computer 1200 also includes input/output units such as communication interface 1222 , storage device 1224 , DVD drive 1226 , and IC card drive, which are connected to host controller 1210 via input/output controller 1220 . DVD drive 1226 may be a DVD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, and the like. Storage devices 1224 may be hard disk drives, solid state drives, and the like. Computer 1200 also includes legacy input/output units, such as ROM 1230 and keyboard, which are connected to input/output controller 1220 via input/output chip 1240 .

The CPU 1212 operates according to programs stored in the ROM 1230 and RAM 1214, thereby controlling each unit. Graphics controller 1216 retrieves image data generated by CPU 1212 into a frame buffer or the like provided in RAM 1214 or itself, and causes the image data to be displayed on display device 1218 .

Communication interface 1222 communicates with other electronic devices over a network. Storage device 1224 stores programs and data used by CPU 1212 within computer 1200 . DVD drive 1226 reads programs or data from DVD-ROM 1227 or the like and provides them to storage device 1224 . The IC card drive reads programs and data from IC cards and/or writes programs and data to IC cards.

ROM 1230 stores therein programs that are dependent on the hardware of computer 1200, such as a boot program that is executed by computer 1200 upon activation. Input/output chip 1240 may also connect various input/output units to input/output controller 1220 via USB ports, parallel ports, serial ports, keyboard ports, mouse ports, and the like.

The program is provided by a computer-readable storage medium such as DVD-ROM 1227 or IC card. The program is read from a computer-readable storage medium, installed in storage device 1224 , RAM 1214 , or ROM 1230 , which are also examples of computer-readable storage media, and executed by CPU 1212 . The information processing described within these programs is read by computer 1200 to provide coordination between the programs and the various types of hardware resources described above. An apparatus or method may be configured by implementing information operations or processing according to the use of computer 1200 .

For example, when communication is performed between computer 1200 and an external device, CPU 1212 executes a communication program loaded into RAM 1214 and instructs communication interface 1222 to perform communication processing based on the processing described in the communication program. Under the control of the CPU 1212, the communication interface 1222 reads transmission data stored in a transmission buffer area provided in a recording medium such as a RAM 1214, a storage device 1224, a DVD-ROM 1227, or an IC card, transmits the read transmission data to the network, or writes reception data received from the network to a reception buffer area or the like provided on the recording medium.

The CPU 1212 also causes the RAM 1214 to read all or necessary portions of files or databases stored in external recording media such as the storage device 1224, the DVD drive 1226 (DVD-ROM 1227), IC cards, etc., and may perform various types of processing on the data on the RAM 1214. CPU 1212 may then write back the processed data to an external recording medium.

Various types of information, such as various types of programs, data, tables, and databases, may be stored on recording media and subjected to information processing. CPU 1212 may perform various types of processing on data read from RAM 1214, including various types of operations, information processing, conditional judgments, conditional branching, unconditional branching, information retrieval/replacement, etc., which are described throughout this disclosure and specified by instruction sequences of programs, and write back the results to RAM 1214. In addition, the CPU 1212 may search for information in a file in a recording medium, a database, or the like. For example, when a plurality of entries each having an attribute value of a first attribute associated with an attribute value of a second attribute are stored in the recording medium, the CPU 1212 may search among the plurality of entries for an entry whose attribute value of the first attribute matches the specified condition, read the attribute value of the second attribute stored in the entry, and thereby obtain the attribute value of the second attribute associated with the first attribute that satisfies the predetermined condition.

The programs or software modules described above may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium on or near computer 1200 . Also, a recording medium such as a hard disk or RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet can be used as a computer-readable storage medium, thereby providing the program to the computer 1200 via the network.

The blocks in the flowcharts and block diagrams in this embodiment may represent steps in the process in which the operations are performed or "parts" of the apparatus responsible for performing the operations. Certain steps and "portions" may be implemented by dedicated circuitry, programmable circuitry provided with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium, and/or processor provided with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium. Dedicated circuitry may include digital and/or analog hardware circuitry, and may include integrated circuits (ICs) and/or discrete circuitry. Programmable circuits may include reconfigurable hardware circuits, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic arrays (PLAs), and the like, including conjunctions, disjunctions, exclusive disjunctions, negative conjunctions, negative disjunctions, and other logical operations, flip-flops, registers, and memory elements.

A computer-readable storage medium may include any tangible device capable of storing instructions for execution by a suitable device, such that a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon comprises an article of manufacture that includes instructions that may be executed to create means for performing the operations specified in the flowcharts or block diagrams. Examples of computer-readable storage media may include electronic storage media, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, electromagnetic storage media, semiconductor storage media, and the like. More specific examples of computer readable storage media may include floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM or flash memory), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD), Blu-ray disk, memory stick, integrated circuit card, etc. .

The computer readable instructions may include either source or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including assembler instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or object oriented programming languages such as Smalltalk, JAVA, C++, etc., and conventional procedural programming languages such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages.

The computer readable instructions may be provided to a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus processor, or programmable circuit, either locally or over a wide area network (WAN), such as a local area network (LAN), the Internet, etc., for execution of the computer readable instructions to produce means for the processor or programmable circuit to perform the operations specified in the flowcharts or block diagrams. Examples of processors include computer processors, processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, microcontrollers, and the like.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be made to the above embodiments. It is clear from the description of the scope of claims that forms with such modifications or improvements can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the execution order of each process such as actions, procedures, steps, and stages in the devices, systems, programs, and methods shown in the claims, specification, and drawings is not explicitly stated as "before" or "before", and that it can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the specification, and the drawings, even if "first," "next," etc. are used for convenience, it does not mean that it is essential to perform in this order.

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a collection server agent that transmits the edge state information to a collection server that collects the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server; a provisioning system that provisions the edge server with an edge ID capable of identifying the edge server and edge-related information related to the edge server;
an edge management DB that associates and stores the edge ID provisioned in the edge server by the provisioning system and the edge-related information;
a time-series DB for storing the edge state information collected from the edge server by the collection server in association with the edge ID of the edge server;
A management system comprising: a control unit that causes an APP distribution system that distributes an application to distribute the application to an edge server that is a distribution destination of the application that is specified based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB. 2. The management system according to claim 1, wherein said edge-related information includes at least one of edge position information indicating the position of said edge server, edge specification information indicating specifications of said edge server, and edge type information indicating the type of said edge server. 3. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit identifies the edge server that satisfies a condition as a distribution destination of the application based on the edge-related information and the APP-related information acquired from an application management DB that stores APP-related information related to an application to be distributed to an edge server. 4. The management system according to claim 3, wherein the APP-related information includes at least one of a communication partner of the application, an operating environment of the application, an operation type of the application, a type of input data of the application, and a type of output data of the application. 5. The management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control unit uses the edge ID to acquire the edge-related information and the edge state information of each of the plurality of edge servers from the edge management DB and the time series DB, and identifies the edge server to which the application is to be distributed from the plurality of edge servers based on the edge-related information and the edge state information. 6. The management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a failure detection system that performs failure detection processing for detecting failures in the plurality of edge servers based on the edge state information of the plurality of edge servers stored in the time-series DB. 7. The management system according to claim 6, wherein, when the fault detection system detects a failure of the edge server that causes the APP distribution system to distribute the application, the control unit identifies another edge server to which the application is to be distributed based on the edge-related information stored in the edge management DB, and causes the APP distribution system to distribute the application to the identified edge server. 8. The management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said edge state information includes at least one of a CPU utilization state of said edge server, a memory utilization state of said edge server, and a communication state of said edge server. a collection server agent that transmits the edge state information to a collection server that collects the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server; a provisioning unit that provisions the edge server with an edge ID capable of identifying the edge server and edge-related information related to the edge server;
and a registration unit that registers the edge ID and the edge-related information provisioned to the edge server in an edge management DB that manages information of the plurality of edge servers. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the edge-related information includes at least one of edge position information indicating the position of the edge server, edge specification information indicating specifications of the edge server, and edge type information indicating the type of the edge server. an APP-related information acquisition unit that acquires APP-related information related to an application to be distributed, which includes at least one of a communication partner of the application, an operating environment of the application, a desired operation of the application, an application type of the application, operation specifications of the application, a type of input data of the application, and a type of output data of the application;
a specifying unit that specifies an edge server that satisfies a condition as a distribution destination of the application based on the edge-related information of a plurality of edge servers stored in an edge management DB that stores an edge ID that can identify the edge server and the edge-related information related to the edge server in association with the APP-related information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a distribution instruction unit that causes an APP distribution system that distributes an application to distribute the application to the edge server identified by the identification unit. 12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the edge-related information includes at least one of edge position information indicating the position of the edge server, edge specification information indicating specifications of the edge server, and edge type information indicating the type of the edge server. 13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the identifying unit identifies the edge server that satisfies a condition as a distribution destination of the application based on the APP-related information, the edge-related information, and the edge state information of the plurality of edge servers stored in a time-series DB that stores the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server in association with the edge ID of the edge server. 14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said edge state information includes at least one of a CPU utilization state of said edge server, a memory utilization state of said edge server, and a communication state of said edge server. further comprising a failure information acquisition unit that acquires failure information of the edge server from a failure detection system that executes failure detection processing for detecting failures of a plurality of edge servers;
When the failure information acquisition unit acquires failure information of the edge server to which the distribution instruction unit distributes the application, the identification unit identifies another edge server of the same type as the edge server,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein said distribution instruction unit causes said APP distribution system to distribute said application to said other edge server identified by said identification unit. A program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 15 . A computer-implemented information processing method comprising:
a provisioning step of provisioning the edge server with a collection server agent that transmits the edge state information to a collection server that collects the edge state information indicating the state of the edge server, an edge ID that can identify the edge server, and edge-related information related to the edge server;
and a registration step of registering the edge ID provisioned in the edge server and the edge-related information in an edge management DB that manages information of a plurality of edge servers. A computer-implemented information processing method comprising:
an APP-related information acquisition step of acquiring APP-related information related to an application to be delivered, which includes at least one of a communication partner of the application, an operating environment of the application, a desired operation of the application, an application type of the application, operation specifications of the application, a type of input data of the application, and a type of output data of the application;
a specifying step of specifying an edge server that satisfies a condition as a delivery destination of the application based on the edge-related information of the plurality of edge servers stored in an edge management DB that associates and stores an edge ID that can identify the edge server and the edge-related information related to the edge server, and the APP-related information;
and a delivery instruction step that causes an APP delivery system that delivers the application to deliver the application to the edge server specified in the specifying step.

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