US 2017/0366436 A1Published application

Computer system and method of controlling computer system

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorsSeiji MIURA, Junichi MIYAKOSHI

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Abstract

A large-scale computer system including a plurality of nodes is controlled to improve its system performance without aggregating data in a single site. There is provided a computer system including a plurality of computers, wherein a processor: detects a trigger to calculate a control value for controlling a process to be performed by the computer; identifies a target computer for which an evaluation value is obtained; calculates the evaluation value of its own computer; obtains the evaluation value from the target computer; calculates a first point using at least one of the evaluation value of its own computer and the evaluation value of the target computer; obtains a second point from the target computer; calculates the control value using the first point and the second point; and controls the process performed by the computer based on the control value.

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Dependent claims

A computer system including a plurality of computers connected to one another via a network,

wherein each of the plurality of computers includes a processor, a storing device connected to the processor, and a network interface connected to the processor, and
the processor:
detects a trigger to calculate a control value for controlling a process to be performed by the computer;
identifies a target computer for which an evaluation value is obtained to calculate the control value;
calculates the evaluation value of its own computer and stores the evaluation value of the own computer in the storing device;
obtains the evaluation value from the target computer and stores the evaluation value of the target computer in the storing device;
calculates a first point indicative of relative performance of the own computer in the computer system using at least one of the evaluation value of the own computer and the evaluation value of the target computer and stores the first point in the storing device;
calculates a second point indicative of relative performance of the target computer in the computer system based on a comparison processing using the evaluation value of the own computer and the evaluation value of the target computer and transmits the second point to the target computer;
obtains the second point from the target computer and stores the second point obtained from the target computer in the storing device;
calculates the control value using the first point and the second point stored in the storing device and stores the calculated control value in the storing device;
and
controls the process performed by the computer based on the control value.

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A method of controlling a computer system including a plurality of computers connected to one another via a network,

wherein each of the plurality of computers includes a processor, a storing device connected to the processor, and a network interface connected to the processor, and
the method of controlling the computer system includes:
a first step of detecting, by the processor, a trigger to calculate a control value for controlling a process to be performed by the computer;
a second step of identifying a target computer for which an evaluation value is obtained to calculate the control value;
a third step of calculating the evaluation value of its own computer and storing the evaluation value of the own computer in the storing device;
a fourth step of obtaining the evaluation value from the target computer and storing the evaluation value of the target computer in the storing device;
a fifth step of calculating a first point indicative of relative performance of the own computer in the computer system using at least one of the evaluation value of the own computer and the evaluation value of the target computer and storing the first point in the storing device;
a sixth step of calculating a second point indicative of relative performance of the target computer in the computer system based on a comparison processing using the evaluation value of the own computer and the evaluation value of the target computer and transmitting the second point to the target computer;
a seventh step of obtaining, by the processor, the second point from the target computer and storing the second point obtained from the target computer in the storing device;
an eighth step of calculating, by the processor, the control value using the first point and the second point stored in the storing device and storing the calculated control value in the storing device;
and
a ninth step of controlling, by the processor, the process performed by the computer based on the control value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/593,731Filed 12 May 2017
Priority: JP 2016-11965416 Jun 2016
Published: 21 Dec 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04L 43/10
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
H04L 43/16
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: threshold monitoring
H04L 67/12
Protocols: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in…
H04L
Digital communication

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