Apparatus and method for server resource usage display by comparison of resource benchmarks to determine available performance

A method for displaying resource usage status of computing servers in a network in which a plurality of computing servers having different performance capabilities and containing a CPU, memory and a disk and a plurality of clients are connected via a data processing server so as to communicate with each other, comprising:

• measuring processing capacity ratios among said plurality of computing servers using common criteria applied to each server for at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk as resources;
• repeatedly measuring resource usage status data of each of said computing servers at a predetermined time interval with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk;
• applying said processing capacity ratios onto said resource usage status data so as to obtain comparable resource usage status data from among said computing servers;
• and
• displaying said comparable resource usage status data from among said computing servers at each of said clients.

A program storage medium readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform steps for displaying resource usage status of computing servers in a network in which a plurality of said computing servers having different performance capabilities and containing a CPU, memory and a disk and a plurality of clients are connected via a data processing server so as to communicate with each other, said steps comprising:

• measuring processing capacity ratios among said plurality of computing servers using common criteria applied to each server for at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk as resources;
• repeatedly measuring resource usage status data of each of said computing servers at a predetermined time interval with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk;
• applying said processing capacity ratios onto said resource usage status data so as to obtain comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers;
• and
• displaying said comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers at each of said clients.

A server usage display apparatus for displaying resource usage status of computing servers in a network in which a plurality of said computing servers having different performance capabilities and containing a CPU, memory and a disk and a plurality of clients are connected via a data processing server so as to communicate with each other, comprising:

• means for measuring processing capacity ratios among said plurality of computing servers using common criteria applied to each server for at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk as resources;
• means for repeatedly measuring resource usage status data of each of said computing servers at a predetermined time interval with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk;
• means for applying said processing capacity ratios onto said resource usage status data so as to obtain comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers;
• and
• means for displaying said comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers at each of said clients.

A server resource usage display apparatus for displaying resource usage status of computing servers in a network in which a plurality of said computing servers having different performance capabilities and a plurality of clients are connected via a data processing server so as to communicate with each other, each of said computing servers containing a CPU, memory, and a disk as resources, said server resource usage display apparatus comprising:

• a processing capacity ratio management table, provided in said data processing server, to store processing capacity ratios among said computing servers, the processing capacity ratios being obtained with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk by applying common criteria on each of said computing servers;
• a resource usage status management table, provided in said data processing server, to store resource usage status data obtained from each of said comprising servers, the resource usage status data being taken repeatedly at a predetermined time interval for each server with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk;
• a data processor to apply the processing capacity ratios onto the resource usage status data so as to obtain comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers;
• and
• a plurality of displays provided in each of said clients for displaying the comparable resource usage status data of said computing servers.

A display apparatus for displaying resource usage status of computing servers in a network comprising a plurality of said computing servers having different performance capabilities and containing a CPU, memory and a disk and a plurality of clients connected via a data processing server so as to enable communication with each other, said display apparatus comprising:

• a device that measures processing capacity ratios among said plurality of computing servers using common criteria applied to each server for at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk as resources;
• a measuring device that repeatedly measures resource usage status data of each of said computing servers at a predetermined time interval with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk;
• a device that applies said processing capacity ratios onto said resource usage status data so as to obtain comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers;
• and
• a display that displays said comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers at each of said clients.

A server usage display apparatus for displaying resource usage status of computing servers containing a CPU, memory and a disk in a network comprising:

• a plurality of computing servers having different performance capabilities and a plurality of clients, connected by a data processing server so as to be able to communicate with each other;
• a processing capacity ratio management table, provided in said data processing server, that stores processing capacity ratios among said computing servers, said processing capacity ratios being obtained by using common criteria applied to each server for at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk as resources in each of said computing servers;
• a resource usage status management table, provided in said data processing server, that stores resource usage status data obtained from each of said computing servers, said resource usage status data being taken repeatedly at a predetermined time interval with respect to at least one of the CPU, the memory and the disk;
• a data processing device that applies said processing capacity ratios onto said resource usage status data so as to obtain comparable resource usage status data among said computing servers;
• and
• a plurality of displays provided in each of said clients for displaying said comparable resource usage status data of said computing servers.