Distributed computer system and method of generating automatic operation schedule for the same
US5867716A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/50
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a distributed computer system including a plurality of computers connected to each other via a communication path in which each computer executes processing by use of resources of the other, there is generated schedule information defining a schedule of transferring a status of each computer from one status to another status so as to achieve automatic operation of the computer according to the generated schedule information. One of the computers is used to gather, for each of the computers for which schedule information is to be generated, information of dependence including description of dependence to be held between the computer and other computers at the status transition. According to the collected information of dependence, there is created a dependent graph representing dependence between the computers for the whole system. Generated from the dependent graph is schedule information for each computer. The schedule information is distributed to the computer such that the status thereof is changed according to the distributed schedule information.
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