Apparatus and method for periodic load balancing in a multiple run queue system
US6658449B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and methods for periodic load balancing in a multiple run queue system are provided. The apparatus includes a controller, memory, initial load balancing device, idle load balancing device, periodic load balancing device, and starvation load balancing device. The apparatus performs initial load balancing, idle load balancing, periodic load balancing and starvation load balancing to ensure that the workloads for the processors of the system are optimally balanced.
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