Defragmenting blocks in a clustered or distributed computing system
US8230432B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provides techniques for defragmenting blocks of resources allocated to perform computing jobs on a distributed or clustered system so that more contiguous physical resources may be made available to users submitting new job requests. Typically, the defragmentation process is performed when a job is submitted that requires access to a computing block that is larger than any currently available block in the parallel computing system.
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