公开(公告)号：US07236915B2

公开(公告)日：2007-06-26

申请号：US09927156

申请日：2001-08-09

申请人： Joseph E. Algieri ,  John Wilkes

发明人： Joseph E. Algieri ,  John Wilkes

IPC分类号： G06F17/50 ,  G06F9/45 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06G7/62 ,  G21C17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/50 ,  G06F11/3447

摘要： A technique and user interface for the assignment of computer system resources and, particularly, for the assignment of storage system resources. The invention allows a user to make design selections through a user interface and, then, automatically provides an indication to the user as the effect of the selections. For example, various performance parameters for each of several applications may be displayed graphically as a chart. In response to the user adjusting a parameter for one application, the invention determines what effect this change will have on the other displayed parameters. A design for the computer system is developed. Levels of performance parameters for the design are predicted. The predicted levels of performance parameters are compared to the desired levels of performance parameters. When the predicted levels are lower than the desired levels, the design is modified. The design may be modified by reducing the desired levels of performance parameters based on utility functions. The results may then be displayed graphically on the chart. The invention is particularly useful for allocating data storage system resources among several different applications.

摘要翻译： 用于分配计算机系统资源的技术和用户界面，特别是用于分配存储系统资源的技术和用户界面。 本发明允许用户通过用户界面进行设计选择，然后自动地向用户提供指示作为选择的效果。 例如，可以以图形方式将多个应用中的每一个的各种性能参数显示为图表。 响应于用户调整一个应用的参数，本发明确定该改变将对其他显示的参数产生什么影响。 开发了计算机系统的设计。 预测设计的性能参数级别。 将预测的性能参数水平与期望的性能参数水平进行比较。 当预测水平低于所需水平时，设计被修改。 可以通过基于效用函数降低所需的性能参数水平来修改该设计。 结果可以以图形方式显示在图表上。 本发明对于在若干不同应用中分配数据存储系统资源特别有用。