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TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNING JOBS TO PROCESSORS IN A CLUSTER BASED ON BROADCAST INFORMATION

  • US 20100153542A1
  • Filed: 12/16/2008
  • Published: 06/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a high performance computing cluster that includes multiple nodes each including multiple processors, comprising:

  • periodically broadcasting information, related to processor utilization and network utilization at each of the multiple nodes, from each of the multiple nodes to remaining ones of the multiple nodes;

    updating respective local job tables maintained in each of the multiple nodes based on the broadcast information; and

    moving, based on the broadcast information in the respective local job tables, one or more threads from one or more of the multiple processors to a different one of the multiple processors.

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