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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHerman Aranguren, David Bruce LeGendre, David Charles Reed, Max Douglas Smith
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An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for dynamically allocating buffers during the execution of a job. A plan module sets a buffer allocation plan for the job using data access history that contains information about the number and nature of data access events in past executions of the same job. A buffer module allocates buffers during the execution of the job, and alters the buffer allocation to improve performance for direct access events for those portions of the job that the buffer allocation plan indicates have historically included predominantly direct access events. The buffer module alters the buffer allocation to improve performance for sequential access events for those portions of the job that the buffer allocation plan indicates have historically included predominantly sequential access events. A history module then collects data access information about the current execution and adds that information to the data access history.
An apparatus for allocating buffers, the apparatus comprising:
A system for allocating buffers, the system comprising:
A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer useable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code configured to be executed to implement a method for allocating buffers, said method comprising:
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