Health signature based load shifting for part longevity
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJohn S. Werner, Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, John Torok, Luke L. Jenkins, Noah Singer
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products for health signature based load shifting for part longevity may include monitoring one or more variables associated with each of multiple redundant parts of a computing system, where one or more of the redundant parts are experiencing a load, generating, based on the monitored variables, a health signature for each of the redundant parts, and shifting, based on the health signatures, the load between the redundant parts.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- monitoring one or more variables associated with each of a plurality of redundant parts of a computing system, wherein one or more of the plurality of redundant parts are experiencing a load;
- generating, based on the monitored one or more variables, a health signature for each of the plurality of redundant parts to obtain health signatures;
- and
- shifting, based on the health signatures, the load between the plurality of redundant parts,
- wherein shifting the load comprises:
- performing, by a first redundant part of the plurality of redundant parts, a first portion of the load;
- and
- performing, by a second redundant part of the plurality of redundant parts, a second portion of the load.
A computing system comprising:
- memory;
- a plurality of redundant parts, wherein one or more of the plurality of redundant parts are experiencing a load;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- monitor one or more variables associated with each of the plurality of redundant parts;
- generate, based on the monitored one or more variables, a health signature for each of the plurality of redundant parts to obtain the health signatures;
- and
- shift, based on the health signatures, the load between the plurality of redundant parts,
- wherein:
- a first redundant part, of the plurality of redundant parts, performs a first portion of the load as a result of the load being shifted;
- and
- a second redundant part, of the plurality of redundant parts, performs a second portion of the load as a result of the load being shifted.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and computer program instructions stored in the computer readable storage medium that, when executed, are configured to:
- monitor one or more variables associated with each of a plurality of redundant parts of a computing system, wherein one or more of the plurality of redundant parts are experiencing a load;
- generate, based on the monitored one or more variables, a health signature for each of the plurality of redundant parts to obtain health signatures;
- and
- shift, based on the health signatures, the load between the plurality of redundant parts, wherein the computer program instructions, that when executed shifting the load, are configured to cause:
- a first redundant part, of the plurality of redundant parts, to perform a first portion of the load;
- and
- a second redundant part, of the plurality of redundant parts, to perform a second portion of the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.