RESOURCE OPTIMISATION COMPONENT

• US 20070112956A1
• Filed: 10/09/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chapman, Matthew, Webster, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/539,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20070112956A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3442 for planning or managing the needed capacity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3452 Performance evaluation by statistical analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/504 Resource capping
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A resource optimisation component for optimising the performance of a process operating in a data processing system, the resource optimisation component comprising: a monitoring component for gathering performance statistics about a process and identifying a resource that has an effect on process performance; a throttling component for restricting the available capacity of the identified resource; and wherein the monitoring component monitors process performance to determine the effect of the restriction in the available capacity of the identified resource on the process performance, and identifies an action to be performed to the resource in order to improve the process performance.

Claims

1. A resource optimisation component for optimising the performance of a process operating in a data processing system, the resource optimisation component comprising:

a monitoring component for gathering performance statistics about a process and identifying a resource that has an effect on process performance;

a throttling component for restricting the available capacity of the identified resource; and

wherein the monitoring component monitors process performance to determine the effect of the restriction in the available capacity of the identified resource on the process performance, and identifies an action to be performed to the resource in order to improve the process performance.

2. A performance optimisation component as claimed in claim 1 wherein the action to be performed is to increase the capacity of the identified resource beyond the available capacity of the resource.

3. A performance optimisation component as claimed in claim 1 wherein restricting the available capacity of the identified resource further comprises the throttling component incrementally decreasing the available capacity of the identified resource.

4. A performance optimisation component as claimed in claim 3 wherein for each incremental decrease, the monitoring component determines the effect on the process performance.

5. A performance optimisation component a claimed in claim 1 wherein the throttling component is operable to restrict the identified resource'"'"'s capacity by blocking a process'"'"'s access to an original allocated amount of resource.

6. A performance optimisation component as claimed in claim 4 wherein the monitoring component determines a severity of the effect on the process performance.

7. A performance optimisation component as claimed in claim 6 wherein depending on the severity of the effect, the monitoring component identifies a suitable action.

8. A resource optimisation method for optimising the performance of a process operating in a data processing system, the resource optimisation method comprising the steps of:

gathering performance statistics about a process and identifying a resource that has an effect on the process'"'"'s performance;

restricting the available capacity of the identified resource by a throttling component; and

monitoring the process performance to determine the effect of the restriction in the available capacity of the identified resource on the process performance, and identifying an action to be performed to the resource in order to improve process performance.

9. A performance optimisation method as claimed in claim 8 wherein the action to be performed is to increase the capacity of the identified resource beyond the available capacity of the resource.

10. A performance optimisation method as claimed in claim 8 wherein restricting the available capacity of the identified resource further comprises the throttling component incrementally decreasing the available capacity of the resource.

11. A performance optimisation component as claimed in claim 10 wherein for each incremental decrease, determining the effect that the incremental decrease has on process performance.

12. A performance optimisation method a claimed in claim 8 wherein the restricting step further comprises blocking a process'"'"'s access to its original allocated amount of resources.

13. A performance optimization method as claimed in claim 11 wherein the monitoring step further comprises determining the severity of the effect on process performance.

14. A performance optimisation method as claimed in claim 13 further comprises identifying a suitable action in dependence on the determined severity of the effect.

15. A computer program product comprising a storage-type computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when loaded into the memory of a data processing system causes the data processing system to perform a resource optimization method for optimising the performance of a process operating in the data processing system, the resource optimisation method comprising:

gathering performance statistics about a process and identifying a resource that has an effect on the process'"'"'s performance;

restricting the available capacity of the identified resource by a throttling component; and

monitoring the process performance to determine the effect of the restriction in the available capacity of the identified resource on the process performance, and identifying an action to be performed to the resource in order to improve process performance.

16. A program product as claimed in claim 15 wherein the action to be performed is to increase the capacity of the identified resource beyond the available capacity of the resource.

17. A program product as claimed in claim 15 wherein restricting the available capacity of the identified resource further comprises the throttling component incrementally decreasing the available capacity of the resource.

18. A program product as claimed in claim 17 wherein for each incremental decrease, determining the effect that the incremental decrease has on process performance.

19. A program product as claimed in claim 15 wherein the restricting step further comprises blocking a process'"'"'s access to its original allocated amount of resources.

20. A program product as claimed in claim 18 wherein the monitoring step further comprises determining the severity of the effect on process performance.