Method and apparatus for enforcing capacity limitations in a logically partitioned system
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for enforcing capacity limitations in a logically partitioned system 有权
    用于在逻辑分区系统中实施容量限制的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07096469B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-22

    申请号:US09677338

    申请日:2000-10-02

    IPC分类号: G06F9/46

    CPC分类号: G06F9/5077

    摘要: A method and apparatus for enforcing capacity limitations such as those imposed by software license agreements in an information handling system in which a physical machine is divided into a plurality of logical partitions, each of which is allocated a defined portion of processor resources by a logical partition manager. A software license manager specifies a maximum allowed consumption of processor resources by a program executing in one of the logical partitions. A workload manager also executing in the partition measures the actual consumption of processor resources by the logical partition over a specified averaging interval and compares it with the maximum allowed consumption. If the actual consumption exceeds the maximum allowed consumption, the workload manager calculates a capping pattern and interacts with the logical partition manager to cap the actual consumption of processor resources by the partition in accordance with the calculated capping pattern. To provide additional capping flexibility, partitions are assigned phantom weights that the logical partition manager adds to the total partition weight to determine whether the partition has exceeded its allowed share of processor resources for capping purposes. The logical partition thus becomes a “container” for the licensed program with an enforced processing capacity less than that of the entire machine.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于执行容量限制的方法和装置,例如在信息处理系统中由软件许可协议强加的容量限制,其中物理机被分成多个逻辑分区,每个逻辑分区通过逻辑分区被分配给定义的处理器资源部分 经理。 软件许可证管理器通过在其中一个逻辑分区中执行的程序指定处理器资源的最大允许消耗。 还在分区中执行的工作负载管理器通过逻辑分区在指定的平均间隔内测量处理器资源的实际消耗,并将其与最大允许消耗进行比较。 如果实际消耗超过允许的最大消耗量,则工作负载管理器计算上限模式,并与逻辑分区管理器进行交互,以根据计算的上限模式来限制分区的处理器资源的实际消耗。 为了提供额外的上限灵活性,分区被分配幻影权重,逻辑分区管理器添加到总分区权重,以确定分区是否超过其允许的处理器资源份额以进行封顶。 因此,逻辑分区成为许可程序的“容器”,其强制处理能力小于整个机器的处理能力。

    Dynamically redistributing shareable resources of a computing environment to manage the workload of that environment
    3.
    发明授权
    Dynamically redistributing shareable resources of a computing environment to manage the workload of that environment 有权
    动态地重新分配计算环境的可共享资源,以管理该环境的工作负载

    公开(公告)号:US07051188B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-23

    申请号:US09408470

    申请日:1999-09-28

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    CPC分类号: G06F9/30003 G06F9/5077

    摘要: Allocation of shareable resources of a computing environment are dynamically adjusted to balance the workload of that environment. Workload is managed across two or more partitions of a plurality of partitions of the computing environment. The managing includes dynamically adjusting allocation of a shareable resource of at least one partition of the two or more partitions in order to balance workload goals of the two or more partitions.

    摘要翻译: 动态调整计算环境的可共享资源分配,以平衡该环境的工作量。 在计算环境的多个分区的两个或多个分区上管理工作量。 管理包括动态地调整两个或更多个分区的至少一个分区的可共享资源的分配,以平衡两个或更多个分区的工作负载目标。

    Workload management method to enhance shared resource access in a multisystem environment
    8.
    发明授权
    Workload management method to enhance shared resource access in a multisystem environment 失效
    工作量管理方法来增强多系统环境中的共享资源访问

    公开(公告)号:US06393455B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-21

    申请号:US08827528

    申请日:1997-03-28

    IPC分类号: G06F900

    CPC分类号: G06F9/5061 G06F9/5083

    摘要: A technique is disclosed for managing a workload distributed across multiple data processing systems to enhance shared resource access to meet a common performance standard. The technique includes on at least one system, measuring performance of the work units on the system to create local performance data, and on at least some of the systems sending the local performance data to at least one other system of the multiple data processing systems. The method further includes on at least one of the systems, receiving the performance data from the sending systems to create remote performance data, and adjusting at least one control parameter for accessing shared resources in response to the local and remote performance data to modify the performance of the work units distributed across the data processing systems to achieve the common performance standard. A dynamic resource clustering process is also employed to enhance the shared resource management.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于管理分布在多个数据处理系统上的工作负载以增强共享资源访问以满足公共性能标准的技术。 该技术包括至少一个系统,测量系统上的工作单元的性能以创建本地性能数据,以及在至少一些将本地性能数据发送到多个数据处理系统的至少一个其他系统的系统中。 该方法还包括在至少一个系统中,从发送系统接收性能数据以创建远程性能数据,以及响应于本地和远程性能数据调整用于访问共享资源的至少一个控制参数以修改性能 的工作单位分布在数据处理系统中实现共同的性能标准。 动态资源聚类过程也用于增强共享资源管理。

    Method and apparatus for controlling the number of servers in a multisystem cluster

    公开(公告)号:US06230183B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-08

    申请号:US09038573

    申请日:1998-03-11

    IPC分类号: G06F1300

    摘要: A method and apparatus for controlling the number of servers in a multisystem cluster. Incoming work requests are organized into service classes, each of which has a queue serviced by servers across the cluster. Each service class has defined for it a local performance index for each particular system of the cluster and a multisystem performance index for the cluster as a whole. Each system selects one service class as a donor class for donating system resources and another service class as a receiver class for receiving system resources, based upon how well the service classes are meeting their goals. Each system then determines the resource bottleneck causing the receiver class to miss its goals. If the resource bottleneck is the number of servers, each system determines whether and how many servers should be added to the receiver class, based upon whether the positive effect of adding such servers on the performance index for the receiver class outweighs the negative effect of adding such servers on the performance measure for the donor class. If a system determines that servers should be added to the receiver class, it then determines the system in the cluster to which the servers should be added, based upon the effect on other work on that system. To make this latter determination, each system first determines whether another system has enough idle capacity and, if so, lets that system add servers. If no system has sufficient idle capacity, each system then determines whether the local donor class will miss its goals if servers are started locally. It not, the servers are started on the local system. Otherwise, each system determines where the donor class will be hurt the least and acts accordingly. To ensure the availability of a server capable of processing each of the work requests in the queue, each system determines whether there is a work request in the queue with an affinity only to a subset of the cluster that does not have servers for the queue and, if so, starts a server for the queue on a system in the subset to which the work request has an affinity.

    Apparatus and method for managing a data processing system workload
according to two or more distinct processing goals
    10.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for managing a data processing system workload according to two or more distinct processing goals 失效
    根据两个或多个不同的处理目标来管理数据处理系统工作负载的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5473773A

    公开(公告)日:1995-12-05

    申请号:US222755

    申请日:1994-04-04

    CPC分类号: G06F9/5083

    摘要: A workload manager creates goal control data, defining two or more classes of system work units, in response to specification of goals of two or more goal types for the classes, and specification of importance values for each of the goal types. A system resource manager causes the goals to be met by periodically sampling work unit status; calculating a performance index for each class; selecting a receiver class to receive improved service based on the relative performance indexes and goal importance; a system bottleneck impacting achievement of goal by the receiver class is identified; and one or more system control data elements are identified and adjusted to cause the goal to be met for the receiver class.

    摘要翻译: 响应于类的两个或多个目标类型的目标的规范以及每个目标类型的重要性值的规范,工作负载管理器创建目标控制数据,定义两个或多个系统工作单元类。 系统资源管理器通过定期抽样工作单位状态来实现目标; 计算每个班级的表现指数; 选择接收者类,根据相对性能指标和目标重要性接收改进的服务; 确定影响接收者类目标实现的系统瓶颈; 并且识别和调整一个或多个系统控制数据元素以使接收器类别满足目标。