Portal Performance Optimization

• US 20100198759A1
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hepper, Stefan, Haenel, Walter
• Granted Patent: US 8,121,960 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5083 Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system

Abstract

A method for portal performance optimization comprises receiving a request for a portal page, the portal page comprising a plurality of portlets; determining a current system load; determining, based on the current system load, whether a performance rule is triggered; and in the event a performance rule is triggered, deactivating at least one of the plurality of portlets. A system for portal performance optimization comprises a portal server configured to receive a request for a portal page, the portal page comprising a plurality of portlets, the portal server comprising a performance management component, the performance management component configured to determine a current system load; and a rules engine, the rules engine configured to determine if a performance rule is triggered by the determined current system load, and, in the event a performance rule is triggered, to apply the triggered performance rule to at least one of the plurality of portlets.

Claims

1. A method for portal performance optimization, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a portal page, the portal page comprising a plurality of portlets;

determining a current system load;

determining, based on the current system load, whether a performance rule is triggered; and

in the event a performance rule is triggered, deactivating at least one of the plurality of portlets.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data regarding the portal page.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising suggesting of a new performance rule based on the received data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising automatically replacing the performance rule with the suggested new performance rule

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the received data comprises a system load generated by one of the plurality of portlets.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the received data comprises a usage of a portlet by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance rule is set by an administrator.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the administrator is the user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the performance rule set by the user is valid for the duration of a session.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein deactivating at least one of the plurality of portlets comprises sending a deactivation message to the at least one portlet.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein deactivating at least one of the plurality of portlets comprises replacing the portlet with a static hypertext markup language (html) fragment.

12. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for estimating the frequencies of elements in an input stream, wherein the method comprises:

receiving a request for a portal page, the portal page comprising a plurality of portlets;

determining a current system load;

determining, based on the current system load, whether a performance rule is triggered; and

in the event a performance rule is triggered, deactivating at least one of the plurality of portlets.

13. The computer program product according to claim 12, further comprising receiving data regarding the portal page.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13, further comprising suggesting of a new performance rule based on the received data.

15. The computer program product according to claim 14, further comprising automatically replacing the performance rule with the suggested new performance rule.

16. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the received data comprises a system load generated by one of the plurality of portlets.

17. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the received data comprises a usage of a portlet by a user.

18. A system for portal performance optimization comprising:

a portal server configured to receive a request for a portal page, the portal page comprising a plurality of portlets, the portal server comprising;

a performance management component, the performance management component configured to determine a current system load; and

a rules engine, the rules engine configured to determine if a performance rule is triggered by the determined current system load, and, in the even a performance rule is triggered, to apply the triggered performance rule to at least one of the plurality of portlets.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the portal server further comprises a learning component, the learning component configured to receive data regarding the portal page.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the learning component is further configured to suggest a new performance rule based on the received data.