Setting operation based resource utilization thresholds for resource use by a process

A system for setting an operation based resource utilization threshold for capping resource use by a process within a grid environment, comprising:

• a grid environment comprising a plurality of system resources monitored by a grid service;
• said grid service further comprising:
• means for sampling a plurality of actual resource use characteristics, wherein each of said plurality of actual resource use characteristics designates a portion of a total amount of said plurality of system resources available to a process that are used by said process at a particular time over a sampling period, wherein said total amount of said plurality of system resources are available in said grid environment;
• means for responsive to detecting a conclusion of said sampling period, determining an operation based resource utilization threshold for said process based on a maximum resource use within said plurality of actual resource use characteristics;
• and
• means for storing said operation based resource utilization threshold for access by at least one workload manager that restricts said process to resource use within an execution environment of said grid environment managed by said workload manager up to said operation based resource utilization threshold, such that said a resource utilization threshold is set for said process based on actual operation of said process.

A computer program product, residing on a computer readable medium, for setting an operation based resource utilization threshold for capping resource use by a process within a grid environment, comprising:

• means for controlling sampling of a plurality of actual resource use characteristics, wherein each of said plurality of actual resource use characteristics designates a portion of a total amount of system resources available to a process that are used by said process at a particular time over a sampling period, wherein said total amount of system resources are available in a grid environment;
• means for determining an operation based resource utilization threshold for said process based on a maximum resource use within said plurality of actual resource use characteristics, responsive to detecting a conclusion of said sampling period;
• and
• means for enabling storage of said operation based resource utilization threshold, for access by at least one workload manager that restricts said process to resource use within an execution environment of said grid environment managed by said workload manager up to said operation based resource utilization threshold.