Grid application acceleration

• US 20060168174A1
• Filed: 12/20/2004
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Bozak, Erol, Gebhart, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 7,793,290 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5033 considering data affinity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

A method includes, in a grid network, maintaining an application usage history by a grid manager or similar component, executing an application according to information contained in the application usage history prior to a user request to execute the application, caching results generated from execution of the application, and providing the cached results in response the user request to execute the application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a grid network, maintaining an application usage history by a grid manager;

executing an application according to information contained in the application usage history prior to a user request to execute the application;

caching results generated from execution of the application; and

providing the cached results in response the user request to execute the application.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the maintaining comprises collecting data when the application is executed.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed with different input parameters.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed after execution of another application.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the data comprises information indicating what times the application has been executed and by how many users.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the data comprises:

information relating to how frequently the application is executed with different input parameters;

information relating to how frequently the application is executed after execution of another application; and

information indicating what times the application has been executed and by how many users.

8. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for application acceleration in a grid network, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

maintain an application usage history by a grid manager;

execute an application according to information contained in the application usage history prior to a user request to execute the application;

cache results generated from execution of the application; and

provide the cached results in response the user request to execute the application.

9. The product of claim 8 wherein the maintaining comprises collecting data when the application is executed.

10. The product of claim 9 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed.

11. The product of claim 9 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed with different input parameters.

12. The product of claim 9 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed after execution of another application.

13. The product of claim 9 wherein the data comprises information indicating what times the application has been executed and by how many users.

14. The product of claim 9 wherein the data comprises:

information relating to how frequently the application is executed with different input parameters;

information relating to how frequently the application is executed after execution of another application; and

information indicating what times the application has been executed and by how many users.

15. A system in a grid compute network comprising:

means for maintaining an application usage history by a grid manager;

means for executing an application according to information contained in the application usage history prior to a user request to execute the application;

means for caching results generated from execution of the application; and

means for providing the cached results in response the user request to execute the application.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the maintaining comprises collecting data when the application is executed.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed with different input parameters.

19. The system of claim 16 wherein the data comprises information relating to how frequently the application is executed after execution of another application.

20. The system of claim 16 wherein the data comprises information indicating what times the application has been executed and by how many users.

21. The system of claim 16 wherein the data comprises:

information relating to how frequently the application is executed with different input parameters;

information relating to how frequently the application is executed after execution of another application; and

information indicating what times the application has been executed and by how many users.