# US 2019/0171489 A1 · Method of managing dedicated processing resources, server system and computer program product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0171489 A1 - Document ID: US20190171489A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/166,568 - Filed: 2018-10-22 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-27 - Assignees: EMC IP Holding Company LLC - Applicants: EMC IP Holding Company LLC - Inventors: Fan Guo; Kun Wang; Junping Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190171489A1 ## CPC - G06F 9/5027: {the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals} - G06F 1/329: by task scheduling - G06F 9/485: {Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution (G06F9/4881 takes precedence)} - G06F 9/4881: {Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues} - G06F 9/5011: {the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals} - G06F 9/5038: {considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks, e.g. taking priority or time dependency constraints into consideration (scheduling strategies G06F9/4881 and subgroups)} - G06F 9/5044: {considering hardware capabilities} - G06F 9/505: {considering the load} - H04L 41/5022: by giving priorities, e.g. assigning classes of service - G06F 2209/5013: Request control - G06F 2209/504: Resource capping - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of managing dedicated processing resources, a server system and a computer program product. The method may include receiving a request for the dedicated processing resources from an application having an assigned priority. The method may also include determining a total amount of resource to be occupied by the application based on the request. The method may further include, in response to the total amount of resource approximating or exceeding a predetermined quota associated with the priority, assigning, from the dedicated processing resources, a first amount of dedicated processing resources to the application. Besides, the method may include, in response to the application completing an operation associated with the request using the assigned dedicated processing resources, causing the application to sleep for a time period. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing dedicated processing resources, comprising: receiving a request for the dedicated processing resources from an application with an assigned priority; determining, based on the request, a total amount of resources to be occupied by the application; in response to the total amount of resources approximating or exceeding a predetermined quota associated with the priority, allocating a first amount of dedicated processing resources from the dedicated processing resources to the application; and in response to the application completing an operation associated with the request using the allocated dedicated processing resources, causing the application to sleep for a time period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a length of the time period is positively correlated with a difference of the total amount of resources exceeding the predetermined quota. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the application to sleep for a time period comprises: in response to receiving a next request for the dedicated processing resources from the application, causing the application to sleep. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: detecting utilization of the dedicated processing resources; and in response to the utilization exceeding a predetermined threshold, sending a signal to the application to instruct the application to defer sending of a next request for the dedicated processing resources. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving an indication of the predetermined quota from the application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the priority is associated with a service level agreement for the application. ### Claim 7 A server system, comprising: dedicated processing resources; and a controller configured to: receive a request for the dedicated processing resources from an application with an assigned priority, determine, based on the request, a total amount of resources to be occupied by the application, in response to the total amount of resource approximating or exceeding a predetermined quota associated with the priority, allocate a first amount of dedicated processing resources from the dedicated processing resources to the application, and in response to the application completing an operation associated with the request using the allocated dedicated processing resources, cause the application to sleep for a time period. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The server system according to claim 7, wherein a length of the time period is positively correlated with a difference of the total amount of resources exceeding the predetermined quota. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The server system according to claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to receiving a next request for the dedicated processing resources from the application, cause the application to sleep. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The server system according to claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to: detect utilization of the dedicated processing resources; and in response to the utilization exceeding a predetermined threshold, send a signal to the application to instruct the application to defer sending of a next request for the dedicated processing resources. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The server system according to claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to: receive an indication of the predetermined quota from the application. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The server system according to claim 7, wherein the priority is associated with a service level agreement for the application. ### Claim 13 A computer program product being tangibly stored on a nonvolatile computer-readable medium and comprising machine-executable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method of managing dedicated processing resources, the method comprising: receiving a request for the dedicated processing resources from an application with an assigned priority; determining, based on the request, a total amount of resources to be occupied by the application; in response to the total amount of resources approximating or exceeding a predetermined quota associated with the priority, allocating a first amount of dedicated processing resource from the dedicated processing resources to the application; and in response to the application completing an operation associated with the request using the allocated dedicated processing resources, causing the application to sleep for a time period. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein a length of the time period is positively correlated with a difference of the total amount of resources exceeding the predetermined quota. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein causing the application to sleep for a time period comprises: in response to receiving a next request for the dedicated processing resources from the application, causing the application to sleep. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: detecting utilization of the dedicated processing resources; and in response to the utilization exceeding a predetermined threshold, sending a signal to the application to instruct the application to defer sending of a next request for the dedicated processing resources. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: receiving an indication of the predetermined quota from the application. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the priority is associated with a service level agreement for the application.