PROCESSING-TIME-DEFINITION CREATING PROGRAM, PROCESSING-TIME-DEFINITION CREATING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100198912A1
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Harada, Lilian, Takahashi, Hidekazu, Hotta, Yuuji, KAWABA, Motoyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,341,215 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1023 based on a hash applied to IP addresses or costs

Abstract

A processing time can be defined in a system including a plurality of computers for which the processing time is calculated, by displaying candidates of paths corresponding to flow of a series of processings as to transmission and reception of each message based on transmission and reception of messages among a plurality of computers; receiving an input that selects one path among the displayed candidates; and creating a processing time in each of computers in the flow of a series of processings as to transmission and reception of messages based on the received input.

Claims

1. A computer-readable recording medium encoded with a processing-time-definition creating program including instructions executable on a computer, the program defining a processing time in a computer system including a plurality of computers for which the processing time is calculated, the program causing the computer to execute:

displaying candidates of message processing paths corresponding to a flow of a series of processings by the plurality of computer as to transmission and reception of each message based on transmission and reception of messages among the plurality of computers;

receiving an input that selects a message processing path among the displayed candidates; and

creating a processing time in each computer in a flow of a series of processings as to transmission and reception of messages based on the selected message processing path.

3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein only an input specifying a computer, which is a client that has transmitted a first message, is permitted as a starting point of the message processing path, and

wherein only an input specifying the computer, which is the client, is permitted as an end point of the message processing path.

4. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the message processing path is a displayed as a continuous line segment resulting from connection of received inputs on a definition information input screen.

2. A computer-readable recording medium encoded with a processing-time-definition creating program including instructions executable on a computer, the program defining a processing time in a computer system including a plurality of computers for which the processing time is calculated, the program causing the computer to execute:

displaying a definition information input screen in which a hierarchy of transmission and reception of each message in the plurality of computers corresponds to a first coordinate value and an order of appearance of each message corresponds to a second coordinate value and in which each message is represented by an arrow that connects the computers between which the message is transmitted or received, that has a direction of transmission or reception, and that exists at a position corresponding to the order of appearance of the message;

receiving an input into the definition information input screen under constraints of permitting only an input specifying a starting point and an end point of an arrow representing a message, permitting only an input specifying a hierarchy in which a first message is transmitted as a starting point of a message processing path, permitting only an input specifying the hierarchy that was set as the starting point of the message processing path as an end point of the message processing path, and permitting only an input in which a time of an starting point or an end point that is newly specified is equal to or later than a time of a starting point or an end point that was previously specified as the message processing path; and

creating a processing time in each of the plurality of computers along the message processing path based on the received input.

5. A processing-time-definition creating method performed by a computer defining a processing time in a computer system including a plurality of computers for which the processing time is calculated, the method comprising:

displaying a definition information input screen in which a hierarchy of transmission and reception of each message in the plurality of computers corresponds to a first coordinate value and an order of appearance of each message corresponds to a second coordinate value and in which each message is represented by an arrow that connects the computers between which the message is transmitted or received, that has a direction of transmission or reception, and that exists at a position corresponding to the order of appearance of the message;

receiving an input into the definition information input screen under constraints of permitting only an input specifying a starting point and an end point of an arrow representing a message, permitting only an input specifying a hierarchy in which a first message is transmitted as a starting point of a message processing path, permitting only an input specifying the hierarchy that was set as the starting point of the message processing path as an end point of the message processing path, and permitting only an input in which an time of the starting point or an end point that is newly specified is equal to or later than a time of a starting point or an end point that was previously specified as the message processing path; and

creating a processing time in each of the plurality of computers along the message processing path based on the received input.

6. An information processing apparatus having a processing-time-definition creating function that defines a processing time in a computer system including a plurality of computers for which the processing time is calculated, the apparatus comprising:

a display processing unit configured to display a definition information input screen in which a hierarchy of transmission and reception of each message in the plurality of computers corresponds to a first coordinate value and an order of appearance of each message corresponds to a second coordinate value and in which each message is represented by an arrow that connects the computers between which the message is transmitted or received, that has a direction of transmission or reception, and that exists at a position corresponding to the order of appearance of the message;

an input processing unit configured to receive an input into the definition information input screen under constraints of permitting only an input specifying a starting point and an end point of an arrow representing a message, permitting only an input specifying a hierarchy in which a first message is transmitted as a starting point of a message processing path, permitting only an input specifying the hierarchy that was set as the starting point of the message processing path as an end point of the message processing path, and permitting only an input in which a time of a starting point or an end point that is newly specified is equal to or later than a time of a starting point or an end point that was previously specified as the message processing path; and

a creation processing unit configured to create a processing time in each of the plurality of computers along the message processing path based on the received input.

7. An apparatus that defines a processing time in a computer system including a plurality of computers for which the processing time is calculated according to a visualization of topology of message transmissions and receptions among the computers, the apparatus comprising:

a computer processor

displaying selectable message processing paths corresponding to a flow of a series of processings by the computers based on the transmission and reception of the messages among the computers; and

creating a processing time in each computer in a flow of a series of processings based upon transmission and reception of messages, according to a message processing path selection.

8. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the selection of the message processing path is subject to one or more constraints according to one or more hierarchies based upon an order of the transmission and reception of the messages.