Optimizing timeouts and polling intervals

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable storage device;
• and
• a computer-readable program code stored in the computer-readable storage device, the computer-readable program code containing instructions that are executed by a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system to implement a method of managing a timeout and a polling interval of an operation of an application, the method comprising the steps of:
• the computer system receiving a type of the application;
• based on the received type of the application, the computer system determining that the application requires optimizations of the timeout and the polling interval of the operation;
• the computer system determining whether a data repository includes recommendations of timeout(s) and polling interval(s) for operation(s) of applications of the received type;
• if the data repository includes the recommendations, the computer system selecting from the recommendations a recommendation that specifies the timeout and the polling interval and applying the specified timeout and polling interval to a deployed image, or if the data repository does not include the recommendations, the computer system receiving a user entry of values for an optimal timeout and an optimal polling interval and deploying a workload having a configuration that includes the values for the optimal timeout and the optimal polling interval;
• from a plurality of cloud service providers, the computer system receiving polling intervals, numbers of polls for respective operations, respective identifications of the operations, and specifications of respective environments of the operations;
• the computer system storing the polling intervals, the numbers of polls, the identifications of the operations, and the specifications of the environments of the operations in the data repository;
• based on the stored polling intervals, numbers of polls, identifications of the operations, and specifications of the environments of the operations, the computer system determining a minimum number of polls of the operation in an environment before a successful completion of the operation and the computer system determining an old polling interval that was used between the polls of the operation;
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• if the minimum number of polls is greater than one, the computer system determining the polling interval specified in the recommendation as the minimum number of polls multiplied by the old polling interval, or if the minimum number of polls equals one, the computer system determining the polling interval specified in the recommendation by decreasing the old polling interval by a factor of X, wherein X is a configurable value.

A computer system comprising:

• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a memory coupled to the CPU;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the CPU, the storage device containing instructions that are executed by the CPU via the memory to implement a method of managing a timeout and a polling interval of an operation of an application, the method comprising the steps of:
• the computer system receiving a type of the application;
• based on the received type of the application, the computer system determining that the application requires optimizations of the timeout and the polling interval of the operation;
• the computer system determining whether a data repository includes recommendations of timeout(s) and polling interval(s) for operation(s) of applications of the received type;
• if the data repository includes the recommendations, the computer system selecting from the recommendations a recommendation that specifies the timeout and the polling interval and applying the specified timeout and polling interval to a deployed image, or if the data repository does not include the recommendations, the computer system receiving a user entry of values for an optimal timeout and an optimal polling interval and deploying a workload having a configuration that includes the values for the optimal timeout and the optimal polling interval;
• from a plurality of cloud service providers, the computer system receiving polling intervals, numbers of polls for respective operations, respective identifications of the operations, and specifications of respective environments of the operations;
• the computer system storing the polling intervals, the numbers of polls, the identifications of the operations, and the specifications of the environments of the operations in the data repository;
• based on the stored polling intervals, numbers of polls, identifications of the operations, and specifications of the environments of the operations, the computer system determining a minimum number of polls of the operation in an environment before a successful completion of the operation and the computer system determining an old polling interval that was used between the polls of the operation;
• and
• if the minimum number of polls is greater than one, the computer system determining the polling interval specified in the recommendation as the minimum number of polls multiplied by the old polling interval, or if the minimum number of polls equals one, the computer system determining the polling interval specified in the recommendation by decreasing the old polling interval by a factor of X, wherein X is a configurable value.