US 2022/0188086 A1Published application

Off-load servers software optimal placement method and program

AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

InventorYoji YAMATO

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Abstract

[Problem] An application is adapted to an environment and operated with high performance. [Solution] An off-load pattern creation section 115 configured to perform a code conversion according to a deployment destination environment and a verification environment performance measurement section 119 configured to compile a code-converted application, deploy the compiled application to a verification machine 14, and execute processing for measuring a performance of the application in the event of performing off-loading to the verification machine 14, are repeated, and an actual environment performance measurement test execution section 123 configured to, after an execution file has been deployed, perform an automatic execution of performance test items extracted by an actual environment performance measurement test extraction section 122, by using an operation device, and a control section 11 configured to perform an environment adaptation process that executes one or more of code conversion step, resource amounts setting step, a deployment place selection step, a performance measurement step, and a performance measurement test step, are included.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A method of optimal software deployment by an off-load server configured to off-load specific processing of an application to an accelerator,

the method being executed by a processor of the off-load server, the method comprising steps of:
analyzing a source code of the application;
designating off-loadable processes of the application, the off-loadable processes each comprising a loop statement that can be processed in parallel, a functional block of specific processing, or a library call;
performing a code conversion according to a deployment destination environment;
performing a verification environment performance measurement process comprising compiling the application to which the code conversion has been performed, deploying the compiled application to an accelerator verification device, and executing processing for measuring a performance of the application in the event of off-loading the off-loadable processes of the application to the accelerator verification device;
repeating the steps of analyzing the source code of the application, designating the off-loadable processes of the application, performing the code conversion, and performing the verification environment performance measurement process;
making a setting for resource amounts according to the deployment destination environment;
selecting a deployment place by calculating a deployment destination on the basis of a performance and a cost when the converted code converted by the step of performing the code conversion is deployed while ensuring the resource amounts set by the step of making a setting for the resource amounts;
after deployment to an actual environment, performing a performance measurement test process comprising compiling the application, deploying the compiled application to an operation device, and performing a measurement test for measuring an actual performance in the event of off-loading the application to the operation device;
after the step of performing the performance measurement test process, performing one or more of the step of performing the code conversion, the step of making the setting for resource amounts, the step of selecting the deployment place, the step of performing the verification environment performance measurement process, and the step of performing the performance measurement test process.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program configured to cause an off-load server to execute a method of software deployment, the off-load server configured to off-load specific processing of an application to an accelerator,

the method comprising steps of:
analyzing a source code of the application;
designating off-loadable processes of the application, the off-loadable processes each comprising a loop statement that can be processed in parallel, a functional block of specific processing, or a library call;
performing a code conversion according to a deployment destination environment;
performing a verification environment performance measurement process comprising compiling the application to which the code conversion has been performed, deploying the compiled application to an accelerator verification device, and executing processing for measuring a performance of the application in the event of off-loading the off-loadable processes of the application to the accelerator verification device;
repeating the steps of analyzing the source code of the application, designating the off-loadable processes of the application, performing the code conversion, and performing the verification environment performance measurement process;
making a setting for resource amounts according to the deployment destination environment;
selecting a deployment place by calculating a deployment destination on the basis of a performance and a cost when the converted code converted by the step of performing the code conversion is deployed while ensuring the resource amounts set by the step of making a setting for the resource amounts;
after deployment to an actual environment, performing a performance measurement test process comprising compiling the application, deploying the compiled application to an operation device, and performing a measurement test for measuring an actual performance in the event of off-loading the application to the operation device;
and
after the step of performing the performance measurement test process, performing one or more of the step of performing the code conversion, the step of making the setting for resource amounts, the step of selecting the deployment place, the step of performing the verification environment performance measurement process, and the step of performing the performance measurement test process.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.