JP2018049361A - System configuration plan design device and system configuration plan design method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system configuration plan design device and a system configuration plan design method that present a system configuration reducing a risk to occur in the future.SOLUTION: A system configuration plan design device comprises a scenario generation unit that generates a scenario capturing a temporal variation of each configuration requirement value based on an instance of a stored system configuration and indicating a variation for the varied configuration requirement value, a configuration requirement value changing unit that can change each configuration requirement value such that the scenario is satisfied, a system configuration plan generation unit that generates a system configuration plan which is combined with a hardware satisfying each configuration requirement value after changing based on component information including requirement values of a variety of pieces of hardware, and an output unit that can output the system configuration plan.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a system configuration plan design apparatus and a system configuration plan design method, and is suitable for application to design development of an information processing system, for example.

  Conventionally, the amount of data handled by a system has increased with the progress of IT in each industry such as medical care and finance. The amount of computer resources required to handle them appropriately has increased, but there is a strong demand for suppressing excessive IT investment by appropriately estimating the amount of resources that are truly required.

  In recent years, on platforms that perform product lifecycle management, etc., a technology has been disclosed that evaluates sustainability by analyzing information such as SNS and recommends system design with high sustainability to users. (See Patent Document 1).

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  However, although the technology of Patent Document 1 supports decision making for sustainable design, the rules (regulations, rules, etc.) specific to the type of business and business type, the form of service provided, and the requirements (performance, There is a problem that the design recommended by the system does not meet the user's request because the risk that the life cycle and cost of the system components are changed due to changes in function, cost, etc. is not considered.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a system configuration plan design apparatus and a system configuration plan design method for presenting a system configuration plan that reduces the risk that will occur in the future.

  In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a system configuration plan design apparatus capable of designing a system configuration plan based on an inputted system requirement, and each of the system requirements based on an accumulated system configuration example A scenario generation unit that captures a temporal change in the component requirement value and generates a scenario indicating the variation of the component requirement value that has changed, and a configuration in which each component requirement value can be changed so that the scenario is satisfied A system configuration plan generating unit that generates a system configuration plan combining hardware satisfying each of the configuration requirement values after the change based on the component value including the requirement value changing unit and various hardware requirement values; An output unit capable of outputting the system configuration plan is provided.

  Further, in the present invention, there is provided a system configuration plan design method executed by a system capable of designing a system configuration plan based on an inputted system requirement, wherein each of the system requirements is based on an accumulated system configuration example. A scenario generation step for capturing a temporal variation of the component requirement value and generating a scenario indicating the variation for the component requirement value that has changed, and a configuration in which each component requirement value can be changed so that the scenario is satisfied A system configuration plan generating step for generating a system configuration plan combining hardware satisfying each of the configuration requirement values after the change, based on the component value including the requirement value changing step and various hardware requirement values; And an output process capable of outputting the system configuration plan.

  According to the system configuration plan design apparatus and the system configuration plan design method of the present invention, a system is configured using hardware that satisfies the changed configuration requirement value by changing the configuration requirement value based on a scenario showing temporal variation. Since the configuration plan is generated, it is possible to output a system configuration plan that takes into account future changes.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the system configuration plan design apparatus and system configuration plan design method which show the system configuration which reduced the risk which generate | occur | produces in the future are realizable.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system configuration plan design apparatus by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of GUI by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows past example DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows legal industry rule DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the requirement future value scenario DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows external information DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows components DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows system configuration plan DB by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the requirement future value prediction process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the requirement future value prediction process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the system configuration plan output process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the system configuration plan output process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the system configuration plan output process by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which concerns on the recommendation process by one embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Configuration of System Configuration Plan Design Device In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1010 denotes a system configuration plan design device according to the present embodiment as a whole. This system configuration plan design apparatus 1010 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1020, a memory 1030 such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a storage 1040 such as a hard disk and a flash memory. It is possible to design a system configuration plan that accepts configuration requirement values of the system configuration and reduces future risks, and displays the designed (generated) system configuration plan on the terminal 1000 or the selected system configuration plan as a system configuration As 1050, the printer is made to print.

  In the system configuration plan design apparatus 1010 according to the present exemplary embodiment, the CPU 1020 reads a computer program from the memory 1030 and executes it, thereby causing the OS 1031, requirement future value prediction unit 1032, system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033, system configuration. A plan output unit 1034, a recommendation unit 1035, and a GUI unit 1036 are realized.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the GUI (Graphical User Interface) generated by the GUI unit 1036, for example, the industry designation screen 2010 that can designate the industry shown in FIG. 2A, and FIG. The system configuration desired by the user is received via a detail setting screen 2020 capable of setting details shown in B). On the industry type designation screen 2010, an industry type can be selected from the industry type pull-down 2011. In the detailed setting screen 2020, the industry selected in the industry pull-down 2011 is displayed in the industry display area 2021, and a radio button 2022 that can specify the evaluation axis “price, performance, sustainability, etc.” to be prioritized, and the desired A price input area 2023 in which an upper limit price can be input is provided. Further, in the detailed setting screen 2020, a file storage location input field 2024 for capturing system requirement data (file) indicating system requirements desired by the user is provided, and the system requirement data is captured by the system configuration plan design apparatus 1010. .

  The requirement future value prediction unit 1032, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033, the system configuration plan output unit 1034, and the recommendation unit 1035 refer to various databases (DB) to be described later and are received by the GUI unit 1036. A plurality of system configuration proposals that satisfy the user's desired conditions are generated and output to the result output screen 2030 shown in FIG. In the result output screen 2030, information related to the system configuration plan (for example, equipment, parts, quantity, price, expiration date) is displayed so as to be switchable in the order of evaluation values of the designated evaluation axis. For example, when “price” is designated as the evaluation axis, system configuration proposals are presented in ascending order of the total price of components (hardware) required for the system.

(2) DB of system configuration plan design device
As shown in FIG. 1, the storage 1040 of the system configuration plan design apparatus 1010 has various DBs. More specifically, the storage 1040 includes a past case DB 1041, a legal industry rule DB 1042, a dictionary DB 1043, a requirement future value scenario DB 1044, an external information DB 1045, a molded external information DB 1046, a system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB 1047, a component DB 1048, and It has a system configuration plan DB 1049.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the past case DB 1041. In the past case DB 1041, case information (business type, year / month, customer, item, element or attribute, required value) of the system configuration actually handled by the system engineer (SE), etc. is registered (stored) by the SE, administrator, etc. )

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the legal and industry rule DB 1042. The regulation industry rule DB 1042 registers the rule information (industry, (established) year / month, item, element or attribute, required value) of the currently enforced regulation and industry rule by an administrator or the like.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the requirement future value scenario DB 1044. In the requirement future value scenario DB 1044, the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 estimates the temporal variation of the required value based on the past case DB 1041, the legal industry rule DB 1042, and the dictionary DB 1043, and the scenario information (industry, item, item) , Element or attribute, scenario). However, several records are registered by the administrator as initial values. Details of the information processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 10A and 10B.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the external information DB 1045. In the external information DB 1045, information (ID, source, field, reliability, content) related to requirement values that can be collected by external sources such as news reports and the Internet is collected and registered automatically or manually at an appropriate timing.

  Further, the information in the external information DB 1045 is subjected to molding processing at an appropriate timing such as regular, real-time, manual, and the molding result is registered in the molding external information DB 1046. In the molding process, information (items, elements or attributes, and required values) to be included in the scenario information is specified from the external information by a known method such as pattern matching, and the scenario information is molded. Further, in the molding process, the part availability period is specified from the external information and registered in the molding external information DB 1046. For example, the content “HDD1, end of sale within year” shown in FIG. 6 is specified as “HDD1, procurement available period (year), 1” and registered in the molded external information DB 1046.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB 1047. In the system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB 1047, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 determines each configuration requirement value of the system requirements based on the requirement future value scenario DB 1044 and the molded external information DB 1046, and the system configuration It is registered as a proposed hardware requirement value (configuration plan, item, type, requirement name and value). Details of the information processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 11A and 11B.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the component DB 1048. In the parts DB 1048, parts information (name, type, price, attribute name and value) of parts currently in the market is initially registered by the administrator, and the registered values are automatically or manually updated at an appropriate timing. .

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the system configuration plan DB 1049. In the system configuration plan DB 1049, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 uses the molding external information DB 1046, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB 1047, and the parts DB 1048 to satisfy conditions (system requirements, operation period, etc.) desired by the user. The parts to be satisfied are determined and registered as a system configuration plan (configuration plan, item, type, name, quantity, price, expiration date). Details of the information processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 12A to 12C.

(3) Information processing performed by the system configuration plan design device (requirement future value prediction process)
FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B are diagrams illustrating a flowchart relating to requirement future value prediction processing performed by the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 (an example of a scenario generation unit).

  As shown in FIG. 10A, first in S1001, the requirement future value predicting unit 1032 reads the business type desired by the user accepted by the GUI unit 1036, and acquires all data related to the business type from the past case DB 1041.

  In S <b> 1002, the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 acquires all data related to the type of business from the legal industry rule DB 1042.

  In S1003, the requirement future value predicting unit 1032 generates a scenario by capturing the contents of the requirement change in the past time series from the data acquired in S1001 and S1002 (scenario generation processing). Details of the scenario generation process will be described with reference to FIG. 10B.

  In S1004, the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 registers the generated scenario in the requirement future value scenario DB 1044.

(Scenario generation process)
As illustrated in FIG. 10B, in S1011, the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 extracts records (multiple lines) for the same or similar items and elements or attributes within the same industry. Here, whether or not each item is a similar item is identified by the dictionary DB 1043 in which a plurality of words (for example, patient data, patient data, and crank data) representing the same item are registered.

  In S1012, the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 estimates that the extracted record is a temporal variation when the value differs depending on “year / month”. For example, in 2005/04, when the number of patient data is 10,000, and in 2015/04, the number of patient data is 80000, the requirement future value prediction unit 1032 increases the number of patient data by eight times. Therefore, the number of patient data is estimated (predicted) to be “8 times in 10 years”.

  In S1013, the requirement future value predicting unit 1032 generates a temporal variation estimated for each of the same or similar items and elements or attributes in the same industry as a scenario, and returns the process to S1004.

(System configuration proposal hardware requirement value prediction process)
FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B are flowcharts related to the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction process performed by the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 (an example of the configuration requirement value change unit).

  As shown in FIG. 11A, first, in S1101, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 reads (acquires) the business type and system requirement data desired by the user received by the GUI unit 1036.

  In S1102, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 extracts a scenario corresponding to the business type from the requirement future value scenario DB 1044.

  In S1103, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 refers to the system requirement data, and if there is an item that matches the scenario, the system requirement is corrected (changed) by applying the scenario, and the molded external information DB 1046 is used. If there is content that conforms to the system requirements, the content is applied to correct the system requirements (scenario application processing). Details of the scenario application process will be described with reference to FIG. 11B.

  In S1104, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 registers the system requirements after the application of the scenario or the like in the system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB 1047 as the system configuration plan hardware requirement value for each item and type.

(Scenario application processing)
As shown in FIG. 11B, in S1111, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 relates to each configuration requirement from the scenario corresponding to the business type extracted in S1102 for each configuration requirement (each item) in the system requirement. The description scenario is further extracted. For example, if natural language processing is performed and the system requirement data includes a description such as “Patient data is stored for 2 years in function 1,” a scenario related to “patient data” is extracted based on the description. The

  In S <b> 1112, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 obtains the highest value from the scenario for each configuration requirement in the system requirement within the operation period defined by the system requirement. For example, the operation period is 6 years from 2016 to 2022, scenario A “1.5 times in 2 years”, scenario B “2.5 times in 3 years”, scenario C “triple in 4 years” in S1111 When scenario D “10 times in 8 years” is extracted, scenario D is out of the operation period, so scenario C having the highest magnification is selected from scenarios A to C.

  In S1113, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value predicting unit 1033 extracts data having a description related to each configuration requirement from the molded external information DB 1046 for each configuration requirement (each item) in the system requirements, as in S1111. .

  In S1114, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033, for each component requirement in the system requirement, from the data of the molded external information DB 1046 for the component requirement in the system requirement, within the operation period determined by the system requirement. Ask.

  In S1115, the system configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit 1033 sets (reflects) the highest value obtained from the scenario and the data of the molded external information DB 1046 as the configuration requirement value of the system requirement, and the process is performed in S1104. To return.

(System configuration proposal output processing)
12A to 12C are flowcharts related to the system configuration plan output process performed by the system configuration plan output unit 1034 (an example of the system configuration plan generation unit).

  As shown in FIG. 12A, first, in S1201, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 acquires the system configuration plan hardware requirement value from the system configuration plan hardware requirement value DB 1047.

  In S1202, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 searches the component DB 1048 for a component having a performance value corresponding to each component requirement, and if there is information related to the retrieved component in the molding external information DB 1046, this information is displayed. Apply and correct search results (part selection process). Details of the component selection processing will be described with reference to FIG. 12B.

  In step S1203, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 sets “server 1, server 2,...” Or the like in association with the “function” of the system configuration plan hardware requirement value, and the system searches for the components searched from the component DB 1048. It is set as an element of the configuration plan hardware requirement value, and a system configuration plan is generated (system configuration plan generation processing). Details of the system configuration plan generation process will be described with reference to FIG. 12C.

  In step S1204, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 registers the generated system configuration plan in the system configuration plan DB 1049.

(Part selection process)
As shown in FIG. 12B, in S1211, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 matches the contents of the type and requirement (requirement 1, requirement 2,...) For each configuration requirement (each item) in the system requirements. The cheapest part to be searched is searched from the parts DB 1048.

  In S1212, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 searches the molding external information DB 1046 for the procured period of the searched parts.

  In step S <b> 1213, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 determines whether or not the procurable period that includes the procurable period searched for in the procurable period in the component DB 1048 satisfies the operation period defined by the system requirements. The system configuration plan output unit 1034 moves the process to S1215 for the parts determined to be satisfied, and moves the process to S1214 for the parts determined not to be satisfied.

  In S1214, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 searches the parts DB 1048 for the next inexpensive part, and moves the process to S1212. Note that the system configuration plan output unit 1034 ends the process when there is no next inexpensive part. In this case, the terminal 1000 displays “no hardware X that satisfies the system requirements” or the like indicating that a system configuration proposal that satisfies the system requirements desired by the user cannot be proposed.

  In step S1215, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 determines the searched combination of components as the cheapest system configuration plan candidate.

  In step S <b> 1216, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 searches the component DB 1048 for each of the candidate parts of the cheapest system configuration plan, which is a part that is more expensive than the part and satisfies the requirement value of the system requirement. . Here, for each item in the system requirements, a plurality of parts that satisfy the above conditions can be searched.

  In step S <b> 1217, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 retrieves the procurable period of the relevant part from the molding external information DB 1046 for each retrieved part and includes the procurable period retrieved in the procurable period of the component DB 1048. Select parts that meet the operating period specified by the system requirements.

  In step S1218, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 determines all of the selected combinations of parts as system configuration plan candidates.

  In S1219, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 extracts a candidate satisfying the desired upper limit price from the candidates determined in S1215 and S1218, and associates the price evaluation value as a price evaluation index with the extracted candidate, A sustainability evaluation value that is a sustainability evaluation index is stored in the storage 1040. The system configuration plan output unit 1034 calculates the sum of the prices of the parts constituting the system as a price evaluation value, and uses the shortest validity period among the validity periods of the parts constituting the system as the sustainability evaluation value. .

(System configuration proposal generation processing)
As shown in FIG. 12C, in S1221, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 adds the server name “server 1, server 2,... To the item“ function 1, function 2,.・ ”Is assigned.

  In S1222, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 assigns the name of the candidate part (CPU1, etc.) to the type (CPU etc.) of the system configuration plan hardware requirement value, and calculates and assigns the quantity and price of the candidate part. Assign a procurement deadline to the expiration date of the candidate part.

  In S1223, the system configuration plan output unit 1034 sets the server configuration indicated by the server name and the arrangement of parts that are elements of each server, and generates a system configuration plan.

(Recommendation process)
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart relating to a recommendation process performed by the recommendation unit 1035 (an example of an output unit).

  As shown in FIG. 13, first, in S1301, information regarding a desired upper limit price (price upper limit value) set via the GUI unit 1036 and an evaluation axis (price, performance, sustainability, etc.) to be prioritized is acquired. .

  In S1302, the recommendation unit 1035 acquires all system configuration plans from the system configuration plan DB 1049.

  In S <b> 1303, the recommendation unit 1035 selects a plurality of the obtained system configuration proposals from those having the best evaluation value regarding the set evaluation axis to be prioritized. For example, when “price” is selected as the evaluation axis to be prioritized, the recommendation unit 1035 determines that the one with the lowest price evaluation value is the best. Further, for example, when “sustainability” is selected as the evaluation axis to be prioritized, the recommendation unit 1035 determines that the highest (longest) sustainability evaluation value is the best.

  In S1304, the recommendation unit 1035 outputs (notifies) the selected system configuration plan to the GUI unit 1036, and the GUI unit 1036 displays the selection result on the terminal 1000.

  According to the above-described configuration, the system configuration plan A with the cheapest price “system amount is 15 million yen and sustainability is 3 years”, and the system configuration plan B with the highest sustainability is “system amount is 2000 Since it is possible to grasp “sustainability is 10 years with 10,000 yen”, the user can design a system in consideration of the price and sustainability of the system.

  As described above, the system configuration plan design apparatus 1010 according to the present embodiment realizes a reduction in the price of the system configuration by managing and updating the knowledge specific to the industry and the knowledge about the system configuration in association with each other, and Provide sustainability.

(4) Other Embodiments In the present embodiment described above, the system configuration plan design apparatus 1010 has been described as having a configuration having DBs (1041 to 1049). However, the present invention is not limited to this, Another apparatus different from the system configuration plan design apparatus 1010 may have a configuration (system) in which some or all of the DBs are included.

  In the above-described embodiment, each of the candidate parts of the cheapest system configuration proposal is a part that is more expensive than the part and that satisfies the requirement value of the system requirement. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is a part that is more expensive than the part and that satisfies the requirements of the system requirements, and satisfies the desired upper limit price when the other parts are the cheapest parts. You may make it a condition. According to this configuration, the processing targets of S1217 and S1218 can be reduced, and the processing speed can be increased.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example of the output contents of the system configuration plan is described as “equipment, parts, quantity, price, expiration date”, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the above example In addition or alternatively, one or both of the price evaluation value and the sustainability evaluation value may be output.

  1010... System configuration plan design device, 1032... Future requirement prediction unit, 1033... System configuration plan hardware requirement value prediction unit, 1034... System configuration plan output unit, 1035. Department, 1041 ... Past case DB, 1042 ... Regulatory industry rules DB, 1043 ... Dictionary DB, 1044 ... Requirement future value scenario DB, 1045 ... External information DB, 1046 ... External information DB, 1047 ... System configuration plan hardware requirement value DB, 1048... Parts DB, 1049.

Claims (6)

A system configuration plan design device capable of designing a system configuration plan based on input system requirements,
A scenario generation unit that captures a temporal variation of each component requirement value of the system requirement based on an accumulated system configuration example, and generates a scenario indicating the variation with respect to the component requirement value that has changed;
A component requirement value changing unit capable of changing each component requirement value so that the scenario is satisfied;
A system configuration plan generation unit that generates a system configuration plan that combines hardware satisfying each of the configuration requirement values after the change, based on component information including various hardware requirement values;
A system configuration plan design apparatus comprising: an output unit capable of outputting the system configuration plan. The component information includes price information indicating the price of the hardware,
The system configuration plan design apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system configuration plan generation unit generates a plurality of the system configuration plans including the price information. The component information includes period information indicating a period during which the hardware can be procured,
The system configuration plan design apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system configuration plan generation unit generates a plurality of the system configuration plans including an expiration date set based on the period information. The scenario generation unit captures a temporal variation of each configuration requirement value based on rule information that defines each configuration requirement value, and generates a scenario indicating the variation for the configuration requirement value that has changed. The system configuration plan design apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The system configuration according to claim 1, wherein the configuration requirement value changing unit is capable of changing each configuration requirement value of the system requirement based on external information related to the configuration requirement value collected from an external source. Plan design device. A system configuration plan design method executed by a system capable of designing a system configuration plan based on input system requirements,
A first step of capturing a temporal variation of each component requirement value of the system requirement based on an accumulated system configuration example, and generating a scenario indicating the variation with respect to the component requirement value having the variation;
A second step of changing each of the component requirement values so that the scenario is satisfied;
A third step of generating a system configuration proposal that combines hardware satisfying each component requirement value after the change, based on component information including requirement values of various hardware;
A system configuration plan design method comprising: a fourth step of outputting the system configuration plan.

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