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US 2003/0120778 A1Published application
Data processing system and method
OwnerFrancois-Xavier Chaboud, Dany Drifinventors
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The present invention relates to a data processing system and method and, more particularly, to a data processing system and method which requests additional resources in response to changes in the performance of the data processing system. Accordingly, the present invention provides a data processing system comprising at least locally system resources; a monitor for monitoring utilisation of at least one resource of the system resources; an access controller for determining that the utilisation of the at least one resource has passed a predetermined threshold for performing a task and managing access to at least one of remotely accessible system resource and the locally accessible system resources; the access controller being arranged to allocate sufficient system resources for performing the task, in response to the determination that the utilisation of the at least one resource has passed the predetermined threshold. Advantageously, the access controller manages the allocation of resources to allow tasks to be performed and notifies a user or system administrator of the need to improve the system when the performance thereof is inadequate.
A data processing method for a data processing system comprising at least one of locally and remotely accessible system resources;
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the step of allocating comprises the step of allocating the remotely accessible system resources.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising the step of recording an indication of the allocation of the remotely accessible system resources.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the step of determining comprises the step of accessing a record of historical data relating to the allocation of the system resources.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the step of determining comprises the step of accessing a resource allocation permission profile containing data relating to the predetermined threshold and comparing the predetermined threshold with a current utilisation of the system resources.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising the step of outputting a message containing data relating to at least one of the current utilisation of the at least one system resource and the allocation of sufficient system resources.
A data processing system comprising at least locally accessible system resources;
A computer program element comprising computer program code for implementing a method or system as claimed in any preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.