Using separate processes to handle short-lived and long-lived jobs to reduce failure of processes
US9043644B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/508
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for reducing the failure of processes. After a job is received, a determination is made as whether the received job is a “short-lived job” or a “long-lived job.” A short-lived job refers to a job who accomplishes a given task in less than a threshold period of time. A long-lived job refers to a job who accomplishes a given task in greater than a threshold period of time. For an identified long-lived job, the long-lived job is executed on a single process apart from other processes; whereas, the short-lived job is executed on at least one process separate from the processes executing long-lived jobs. As a result of executing the long-lived jobs on separate processes from the short-lived jobs, the likelihood of having a process fail is lessened since the duration of time that the process is running will be lessened.
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