Determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a required workload for a virtual grid job request

• US 20060059492A1
• Filed: 09/14/2004
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hamilton, Rick A. II, Seaman, James W., Joseph, Joshy, Fellenstein, Craig W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,712,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method, system, and program for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a required workload for a virtual grid job request are provided. A bid controller receives a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment from a client system. The bid controller determines the total required workload for the virtual job request. Then, the bid controller calculates a capacity of the grid environment to handle the total required workload, such that a bid for performing the job is enabled to be automatically generated responsive to the virtual job request based on the capacity of the grid environment to handle the total required workload.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, comprising:

receiving, from a client system, a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment at a bid controller via a network;

determining a total required workload for said virtual job request; and

calculating a capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload, wherein a bid is enabled to be automatically generated responsive to said virtual job request based on said capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein receiving a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment at a bid controller via a network further comprises:

receiving said virtual job request for processing said job within one from among a plurality of grid environments for which said bid controller is enabled to automatically calculate bids.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein determining a total required workload for said virtual job request further comprises:

calculating a total time available for at least one from among executing said job within said grid environment, accessing data required for said job, and returning a result of said job from said grid environment to said client system.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein determining a total required workload for said virtual job request further comprises:

calculating a total resource requirement for processing said job from at least one from among a hardware resource, a software resource, and a network resource.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein calculating a capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload further comprises:

determining a selection of available resources from among a plurality of available resources to said grid environment authorized to handle said job by said virtual job request

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 5 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein determining a selection of available resources from among a plurality of available resources to said grid environment authorized to handle said job by said virtual job request further comprises:

adding at least one from among a resource external to said grid environment and a capacity on demand resource to said selection of available resource if authorized by said virtual job request.

7. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, further comprising:

calculating a cost associated with use of said capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload; and

returning a bid to process said job for said cost from said bid controller to said client system via said network.

8. A system for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, comprising:

a bid controlled executing within a computing system communicatively connected to a network;

said bid controller further comprising;

means for receiving a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment;

means for determining a total required workload for said virtual job request; and

means for calculating a capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload, wherein a bid is enabled to be automatically generated responsive to said virtual job request based on said capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload.

9. The system according to claim 8 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for receiving a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment further comprises:

means for receiving said virtual job request for processing said job within one from among a plurality of grid environments for which said bid controller is enabled to automatically calculate bids.

10. The system according to claim 8 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for determining a total required workload for said virtual job request further comprises:

means for calculating a total time available for at least one from among executing said job within said grid environment, accessing data required for said job, and returning a result of said job from said grid environment to a client system.

11. The system according to claim 8 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for determining a total required workload for said virtual job request further comprises:

means for calculating a total resource requirement for processing said job from at least one from among a hardware resource, a software resource, and a network resource.

12. The system according to claim 8 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for calculating a capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload further comprises:

means for determining a selection of available resources from among a plurality of available resources to said grid environment authorized to handle said job by said virtual job request

13. The system according to claim 12 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for determining a selection of available resources from among a plurality of available resources to said grid environment authorized to handle said job by said virtual job request further comprises:

means for adding at least one from among a resource external to said grid environment and a capacity on demand resource to said selection of available resource if authorized by said virtual job request.

14. The system according to claim 8 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, further comprising:

means for calculating a cost associated with use of said capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload; and

means for returning a bid to process said job for said cost from said bid controller to a client system via said network.

15. A computer program product, residing on a computer readable medium, for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, comprising:

means for enabling receiption, from a client system via a network, of a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment;

means for determining a total required workload for said virtual job request; and

means for controlling calculation of a capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload,

16. The computer program product according to claim 15 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for determining a total required workload for said virtual job request further comprises:

means for controlling calculation of a total time available for at least one from among executing said job within said grid environment, accessing data required for said job, and returning a result of said job from said grid environment to said client system.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for determining a total required workload for said virtual job request further comprises:

means for controlling calculation of a total resource requirement for processing said job from at least one from among a hardware resource, a software resource, and a network resource.

18. The computer program product according to claim 15 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for controlling calculation of a capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload further comprises:

means for determining a selection of available resources from among a plurality of available resources to said grid environment authorized to handle said job by said virtual job request.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, wherein said means for determining a selection of available resources from among a plurality of available resources to said grid environment authorized to handle said job by said virtual job request further comprises:

means for adding at least one from among a resource external to said grid environment and a capacity on demand resource to said selection of available resource if authorized by said virtual job request.

20. The computer program product according to claim 15 for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a job specified by a virtual job request, further comprising:

means for controlling calculation of a cost associated with use of said capacity of said grid environment to handle said total required workload; and

means for enabling transmission of a bid to process said job for said cost to said client system via said network.