Request type grid computing
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEric L. Barsness, Randy W. Ruhlow, John M. Santosuosso
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Abstract
Methods, articles of manufacture, and systems for providing access to a grid computing environment. In one environment, requests include resource specific criteria used to identify a particular grid resource to perform the request. In another embodiment, a request includes a queue criterion used to identify one of a plurality of queues on which the request is placed.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method of providing access to grid computing resources available to a plurality of users, comprising:
- receiving, from a requesting entity, a plurality of requests related to a benchmarking operation, wherein at least one of the requests comprises a defined function to be performed and at least each of the remaining requests comprise a different resource specific criterion identifying a different specific resource to perform the defined function;
- based on each resource specific criterion, identifying a grid computing resource as the specific resource to perform the defined function, wherein a different grid computing resource is identified for each different resource specific criterion;
- and
- submitting each request to perform the defined function to an appropriate grid resource corresponding to the identified grid computing resource according to the respective different resource specific criterions.
A computer readable storage medium containing a program which, when executed by a processor, performs an operation comprising:
- receiving, from a requesting entity, a plurality of requests related to a benchmarking operation, wherein at least one of the requests comprises a defined function to be performed and at least each of the remaining requests comprise a different resource specific criterion identifying a different specific resource to perform the defined function;
- based on each resource specific criterion, identifying a grid computing resource as the specific resource to perform the defined function, wherein a different grid computing resource is identified for each different resource specific criterion;
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- submitting each request to perform the defined function to an appropriate grid resource corresponding to the identified grid computing resource according to the respective different resource specific criterions.
A computerized environment, comprising:
- a processor;
- a request manager which, when executed by the processor, is configured to:
- receive, from a requesting entity, a plurality of requests related to a benchmarking operation, wherein at least one of the requests comprises a defined function to be performed and at least each of the remaining requests comprise a different resource specific criterion identifying a different specific resource to perform the defined function;
- based on each resource specific criterion, identify a grid computing resource as the specific resource to perform the defined function, wherein a different grid computing resource is identified for each different resource specific criterion;
- and
- submit each request to perform the defined function to an appropriate grid resource corresponding to the identified grid computing resource according to the respective different resource specific criterions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.