Autonomic method, system and program product for managing processes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid B. Lection, Mohamad R. Salahshoor, Balan Subramanian
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Abstract
An improved solution for managing processes. In particular, resources are allocated to processes based on a determination of the available resources and an anticipated benefit for each process. The anticipated benefit can be derived from a current status of the process (e.g., lagging or accelerated) and/or benefit knowledge learned from past executions of the process using diverse resource sets. One or more additional attributes, such as resource dependency between processes, can also be considered before allocating resources.
Claims18
A method, performed by a computer hardware system, of managing a set of processes and a set of resources within the computer hardware system, comprising:
- identifying, from the set of processes within the computer hardware system, a plurality of lagging processes;
- identifying, from the set of resources within the computer hardware system, a plurality of available resources that are available for use by the plurality of lagging processes;
- calculating, for a particular one of the plurality of lagging processes, a calculated benefit to be realized upon a particular one of the plurality of available resources being assigned to the particular one of the plurality of lagging processes, the benefit being calculated based on actual performance improvements that were obtained from one or more previous allocations of the same or similar set of available resources to the particular process;
- comparing the calculated benefit for the particular one of the plurality of lagging processes with other calculated benefits for others of the plurality of lagging processes being assigned the particular one of the plurality of available resources;
- and
- assigning, within the computer hardware system and based upon the comparing, the particular one of the plurality of available resources to a selected one of the lagging processes.
A computer hardware system for managing a set of processes and a set of resources within the computer hardware system, comprising:
- at least one processor, the at least one processor including
- a process module configured to identify, from the set of processes within the computer hardware system, a plurality of lagging processes;
- a resource module configured to identify, from the set of resources within the computer hardware system, a plurality of available resources that are available for use by the plurality of lagging processes;
- a benefit module configured to calculate, for a particular one of the plurality of lagging processes, a calculated benefit to be realized upon a particular one of the plurality of available resources being assigned to the particular one of the plurality of lagging processes, the benefit being calculated based on actual performance improvements that were obtained from one or more previous allocations of the same or similar set of available resources to the particular process;
- an allocation module configured to
- perform a comparison between the calculated benefit for the particular one of the plurality of lagging processes and other calculated benefits for others of the plurality of lagging processes being assigned the particular one of the plurality of available resources;
- and
- assign, within the computer hardware system and based upon the comparison, the particular one of the plurality of available resources to a selected one of the lagging processes.
A computer-readable storage device having stored therein computer usable program code for managing a set of processes and a set of resources within a computer hardware system, the computer usable program code, when executed by the computer hardware system, causing the computer hardware system to perform:
- identifying, from the set of processes within the computer hardware system, a plurality of lagging processes;
- identifying, from the set of resources within the computer hardware system, a plurality of available resources that are available for use by the plurality of lagging processes;
- calculating, for a particular one of the plurality of lagging processes, a calculated benefit to be realized upon a particular one of the plurality of available resources being assigned to the particular one of the plurality of lagging processes, the benefit being calculated based on actual performance improvements that were obtained from one or more previous allocations of the same or similar set of available resources to the particular process;
- comparing the calculated benefit for the particular one of the plurality of lagging processes with other calculated benefits for others of the plurality of lagging processes being assigned the particular one of the plurality of available resources;
- and
- assigning, within the computer hardware system and based upon the comparing, the particular one of the plurality of available resources to a selected one of the lagging processes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.