Balancing data-processing work loads
US4403286A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 1981 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/5022
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data processing workloads are balanced between a plurality of data processing units, such as control units of a peripheral system, based upon tallies of data processing delays. The workloads are arranged in work allocations, such as assignment of peripheral devices to a control unit; a separate delay tally is kept for each work allocation along with a summation of all delays in each control unit. When a tally threshold in any data processing unit is exceeded, load balance is examined. Upon a predetermined imbalance, a work allocation having a delay tally equal to a mean value of the different delay summations is transferred to a data processing unit having a lower delay summation.
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