PROCESSOR-SERVER HYBRID SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA

• US 20090132582A1
• Filed: 11/15/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Inventors: Kim, Moon J., Moulic, James R., Krishnamurthy, Rajaram B.
• Application Number:
  US11/940,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20090132582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/509 Offload
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals

Abstract

The present invention relates to a processor-server hybrid system that comprises (among other things) a set (one or more of servers (e.g., mainframes) and a set of front-end application optimized processors. Moreover, implementations of the invention provide a server and processor hybrid system and method for distributing and managing the execution of applications at a fine-grained level via an I/O-connected hybrid system. This method allows one system to be used to manage and control the system functions, and one or more other systems to co-processor.

Claims

1. A processor-server hybrid system for processing data, comprising:

a set of front-end application optimized processors for receiving and processing the data from an external source;

a set of back-end servers for processing the data, and for returning processed data to the set of front-end application optimized processors;

an interface having a set of network interconnects, the interface connecting the set of back-end servers with the set of front-end application optimized processors.

2. The processor-server hybrid system of claim 1, the interface being an input/output (I/O) cage.

3. The processor-server hybrid system of claim 1, each of the set of front-end application optimized processors comprising:

a power processing element (PPE);

an element interconnect bus (EIB) coupled to the PPE; and

a set of special purpose engines (SPEs) coupled to the EIB.

4. The processor-server hybrid system of claim 3, the set of SPEs being configured to process the data.

5. The processor-server hybrid system of claim 1, further comprising a web content server, portal, an application, a database, an application pre-/post-processor and a database function.pre-/post-processor.

6. The processor-server hybrid system of claim 1, further comprising:

a staging storage device; and

a processed data storage device.

7. A method for processing data, comprising:

receiving the data from an external source on a front-end application optimized processor;

sending the data from the front-end application optimized processor to a back-end server via an interface having a set of network interconnects;

processing the data on the back-end server to yield processed data; and

receiving the processed data from the back-end server on the front-end application optimized processor.

8. The method of claim 7, the interface being an input/output (I/O) cage.

9. The method of claim 7, the front-end application optimized processor comprising:

a power processing element (PPE);

an element interconnect bus (EIB) coupled to the PPE; and

a set of special purpose engines (SPEs) coupled to the EIB.

10. The method of claim 7, the set of SPEs being configured to process the data.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising a web content server, portal, an application, a database, an application pre-/post-processor and a database pre-/post-processor.

12. A method for deploying a processor-server hybrid system for processing data, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

receive the data from an external source on a front-end application optimized processor;

send the data from the front-end application optimized processor to a back-end server via an interface having a set of network interconnects;

process the data on the back-end server to yield processed data; and

receive the processed data from the back-end server on the front-end application optimized processor.

13. The method of claim 12, the interface being an input/output (I/O) cage.

14. The method of claim 12, the interface being embodied in at least one of the set of servers.

15. The method of claim 12, the front-end application optimized processor comprising:

a power processing element (PPE);

an element interconnect bus (EIB) coupled to the PPE; and

a set of special purpose engines (SPEs) coupled to the EIB.

16. The method of claim 15, the set of SPEs being configured to process the data.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

a staging storage device; and

a processed data storage device.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising a web content server, portal, an application, a database, an application pre-/post-processor and a database function pre-/post-processor.