System and method for automated workload characterization of an application server
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors and comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement an application server, wherein the application server comprises;
a plurality of services for supporting one or more applications running on the application server, wherein the plurality of services comprise one or more application component containers for managing the execution of components of the one or more applications running on the application server;
a resource measurement framework comprising a plurality of interception points each configured to intercept a request to one of the plurality of services, wherein in response to intercepting a request, the resource measurement framework is configured to record resource usage data for the request;
wherein the resource measurement framework is configured to record resource usage data for a plurality of requests to the plurality of services for characterizing a workload of the application server while running the one or more applications.
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Abstract
An application server may be instrumented to provide a resource measurement framework to collect resource usage data regarding request processing by the application server and applications executing on the application server. The resource measurement framework of an application server may collect hardware and software resource usage data regarding request processing at interception points located at interfaces between application components and services or other components of the application server by instrumenting those interfaces. The resource measurement framework may collect resource usage by instrumenting standard interfaces and/or methods of various specifications, such as implemented by containers or other components of the application server. Thus, the resource measurement framework may collect resource usage for applications or application components that do not include any resource measuring capabilities. The collected resource usage data may be parsed and combined to create an overall characterization of resource usage corresponding to the application server'"'"'s request processing.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors and comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement an application server, wherein the application server comprises;
a plurality of services for supporting one or more applications running on the application server, wherein the plurality of services comprise one or more application component containers for managing the execution of components of the one or more applications running on the application server;
a resource measurement framework comprising a plurality of interception points each configured to intercept a request to one of the plurality of services, wherein in response to intercepting a request, the resource measurement framework is configured to record resource usage data for the request;
wherein the resource measurement framework is configured to record resource usage data for a plurality of requests to the plurality of services for characterizing a workload of the application server while running the one or more applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19)
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11. A method, comprising:
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instrumenting program code for an application server to provide a resource measurement framework for the application server, wherein the application server comprises a plurality of services for supporting one or more applications running on the application server, wherein the plurality of services comprise one or more application component containers for managing the execution of components of the one or more applications running on the application server;
running the one or more applications on the application server;
the resource measurement framework intercepting requests to the plurality of services;
in response to intercepting each request, the resource measurement framework recording resource usage data for the request; and
wherein said intercepting and said recording are performed transparently to the one or more applications running on the application server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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20. A computer accessible medium, comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer executable to implement:
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an application server instrumented to provide a resource measurement framework for the application server, wherein the application server comprises a plurality of services for supporting one or more applications running on the application server, wherein the plurality of services comprise one or more application component containers for managing the execution of components of the one or more applications running on the application server;
running the one or more applications on the application server;
the resource measurement framework intercepting requests to the plurality of services;
in response to intercepting each request, the resource measurement framework recording resource usage data for the request; and
wherein said intercepting and said recording are performed transparently to the one or more applications running on the application server.
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