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Using cloud resources to improve performance of a streaming application

US9379950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Lance Bragstad · Pine Island, US
Michael J. Branson · Rochester, US
Bin Cao · Rochester, US
James E. Carey · Rochester, US
Mathew R. Odden · Rochester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2013
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/5009
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application, and when the performance needs to be improved, the streams manager automatically requests virtual machines from a cloud manager. The streams manager specifies to the cloud manager streams infrastructure and one or more streams application components for the virtual machines. The cloud manager provisions one or more virtual machines in a cloud with the specified streams infrastructure and streams application components. The streams manager then modifies the flow graph so one or more portions of the streaming application are hosted by the virtual machines in the cloud.

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