Apparatus and method for managing a data processing system workload according to two or more distinct processing goals
US5473773A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5083
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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.
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