Processing of consecutive inquiries from an external computer in a computer system comprising at least one first computer and one second computer

• US 20070198693A1
• Filed: 09/06/2004
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Scheibli, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/574,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198693A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30

Abstract

In a computer system comprising a first computer (A) and a second computer (B) consecutive inquiries (311, 312) from an external computer (E) are processed by the observation (410) of the processing time (T1) that the first computer (A) requires for processing a first inquiry (311) of the external computer (E), and rerouting (420) of a second inquiry (312) from the first computer (A) to the second computer (B) if the processing time (T1) exceeds a standard time (TNORM).

Claims

1. A method (400) for use in a computer system comprising at least one first computer (A) and one second computer (B), the system (A, B) for processing consecutive inquiries (311, 312) of an external computer (E), the method (400) comprising:

observation (410) of the processing time (T1) that the first computer (A) requires for processing a first inquiry (311) of the external computer (E), and rerouting (420) of a second inquiry (312) from the first computer (A) to the second computer (B) if the processing time (T1) exceeds a standard time (TNORM), the method being characterised in that the standard time (TNORM) is dependent on the type of inquiry (311).

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the standard time (TNORM) is dependent on the configuration of the first computer (A).

3. The method (400) according to claim 1, wherein the processing time (T1) is determined relative to a quantity of data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing times of consecutive inquiries are taken into account during observation (410).

5. The method (400) according to claim 1 by using a management program (110/120) with the modules:

observer (110) for observation (410) and rerouter (120) for rerouting (420).

6. The method (400) according to claim 1, wherein the steps of observation (410) and rerouting (420) are induced by a management program (110/120) within the system.

7. A computer program which is loaded on a computer and which induces a computer system to execute a method according to any one or more of claims 1 to 6.

8. A computer system (A, B) comprising at least one first computer (A) and one second computer (B) for processing consecutive inquiries (311, 312) from an external computer (E), wherein the computer system executes a method according to any one or more of claims 1 to 6.