CONCURRENT EXECUTION OF REQUEST PROCESSING AND ANALYTICS OF REQUESTS

• US 20110145366A1
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Krishnamurthy, Rajaram B., Parris, Carl J., Boice, Charles, Liu, Lurng-Kuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,819,183 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores

Abstract

Request processing within a computing environment is facilitated. Request processing and analytics processing for the request are performed substantially concurrently in order to improve efficiency of request execution. The analytics processing is at least commenced, and may complete, prior to receiving an indication of success or failure of the request processing. If request processing fails, analytics processing ceases, if not already complete, and results of the analytic processing are not used.

Claims

1. A computer program product for facilitating request processing within a computing environment, the computer program product comprising:

a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

obtaining, by at least one computing unit of the computing environment, data of a request to be executed; and

at least initiating, by the at least one computing unit, analytics processing on the data of the request prior to an indication of success or failure of request processing for the request, wherein at least a portion of the request processing is performed substantially concurrently to at least a portion of analytics processing.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises performing the request processing on a processor coupled to the at least one computing unit, wherein the processor is different from the at least one computing unit.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the obtaining comprises receiving the data of the request from a switch coupled to the at least one computing unit.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining by the switch the request to be executed;

forwarding a copy of the data of the request to the at least one computing unit, wherein the at least one computing unit is to perform analytics processing on the data; and

forwarding the request to a processor coupled to the switch and the at least one computing unit, the processor to perform the request processing for the request.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

performing request processing for the request;

determining whether analytics processing is complete for the request; and

cancelling analytics processing for the request, in response to determining that analytics processing is incomplete and failure has been indicated for the request processing.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises failing to use results of the analytics processing, in response to determining that the request processing has failed.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the results are unused even in response to successful completion of the analytics processing.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

performing request processing for the request;

obtaining a result of analytics processing for the request;

determining whether the result is valid; and

providing a message indicating success to a requestor of the request, in response to the result being valid and the request processing being successful.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises providing a failed message to the requestor, in response to an invalid result or a failure of request processing.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the performing, obtaining, determining and providing are performed by a processor coupled to the at least one computing unit, and wherein the at least one computing unit is part of an analytics cluster, the analytics cluster and processor being coupled to a switch that received the request from the requestor and provided at least a first portion of the request to the processor and at least a second portion of the request to the at least one computing unit.

11. A computer system for facilitating request processing within a computing environment, said computer system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method, said method comprising;

obtaining, by at least one computing unit, data of a request to be executed; and

at least initiating, by the at least one computing unit, analytics processing on the data of the request prior to an indication of success or failure of request processing for the request, wherein at least a portion of the request processing is performed substantially concurrently to at least a portion of analytics processing.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises performing the request processing on a processor coupled to the at least one computing unit, wherein the processor is different from the at least one computing unit.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the obtaining comprises receiving the data of the request from a switch coupled to the at least one computing unit, and wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining by the switch the request to be executed;

forwarding a copy of the data of the request to the at least one computing unit, wherein the at least one computing unit is to perform analytics processing on the data; and

forwarding the request to a processor coupled to the switch and the at least one computing unit, the processor to perform the request processing for the request.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

performing request processing for the request;

determining whether analytics processing is complete for the request;

cancelling analytics processing for the request, in response to determining that analytics processing is incomplete and failure has been indicated for the request processing; and

failing to use results of the analytics processing, in response to determining that request processing has failed.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the results are unused even in response to successful completion of the analytics processing.

16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

performing request processing for the request;

obtaining a result of analytics processing for the request;

determining whether the result is valid; and

providing a message indicating success to a requestor of the request, in response to the result being valid and the request processing being successful.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the performing, obtaining, determining and providing are performed by a processor coupled to the at least one computing unit, and wherein the at least one computing unit is part of an analytics cluster, the analytics cluster and processor being coupled to a switch that received the request from the requestor and provided at least a first portion of the request to the processor and at least a second portion of the request to the at least one computing unit.

18. A method of facilitating request processing within a computing environment, said method comprising:

obtaining, by at least one computing unit of the computing environment, data of a request to be executed; and

at least initiating, by the at least one computing unit, analytics processing on the data of the request prior to an indication of success or failure of request processing for the request, wherein at least a portion of the request processing is performed substantially concurrently to at least a portion of analytics processing.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

obtaining by the switch the request to be executed;

forwarding a copy of the data of the request to the at least one computing unit, wherein the at least one computing unit is to perform analytics processing on the data; and

forwarding the request to a processor coupled to the switch and the at least one computing unit, the processor to perform the request processing for the request.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

performing request processing for the request;

determining whether analytics processing is complete for the request; and

cancelling analytics processing for the request, in response to determining that analytics processing is incomplete and failure has been indicated for the request processing.