APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING RESOURCE USING PATTERN INFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME

• US 20150120940A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Byoung Soo, KIM, Sung Duck, PARK, Gi Duk, KIM, Jae Jeong
• Application Number:
  US14/527,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20150120940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5019 Workload prediction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5022 Workload threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/80 Actions related to the user profile or the type of traffic

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for determining whether to change resources using pattern information. The apparatus includes a reception unit which receives resource information which is information about an amount of resources used of a plurality of servers which exist in a data center which provides resources to a user, a basic data generation unit which generates basic data about predetermined items in preset time units using the resource information, a pattern information generation unit which generates pattern information using the basic data, and a resource change determination unit which determines whether to increase, maintain, or reduce the resources using the generated pattern information.

Claims

1. An apparatus for determining whether to change resources, using pattern information, the apparatus comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive resource information including information about resource usage, of resources of a plurality of data center servers, allocated to a user;

a basic data generation unit configured to generate basic data about predetermined resource-related items, in preset time units, using the received resource information;

a pattern information generation unit configured to generate pattern information using the generated basic data; and

a resource change determination unit configured to make a resource change determination with respect to the resources, based on the generated pattern information;

wherein the resource change determination indicates whether to increase, maintain, or reduce the resources allocated to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pattern information generation unit comprises a first pattern information generation unit configured to analyze a number of instances in the basic data, of an abnormal value exceeding a preset threshold, by predetermined time intervals, and generate pattern information about whether an abnormal value is present based on the analyzed number of instances of the abnormal value and a predetermined abnormal value type number condition.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first pattern information generation unit is further configured to generate pattern information indicating:

no abnormal value when no abnormal value is detected,

a temporary abnormal value when a number of abnormal values does not satisfy the predetermined abnormal value number condition, and

a continuous abnormal value when a number of abnormal values satisfies the predetermined abnormal value number condition.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pattern information generation unit comprises a second pattern information generation unit configured to determine whether a predetermined repetition condition is satisfied for a specific period of time by using the basic data, configured to generate information on whether the predetermined repetition condition is satisfied, and configured to generate periodic repetition pattern information about a number of times the condition is satisfied.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pattern information generation unit comprises a third pattern information generation unit configured to generate trend pattern information, on the amount of resources used by periods, about whether the amount of resources used is on the increase, is remaining unchanged, or is on the decrease for a user-indicated search period, wherein the trend pattern information is generated based on the basic data and on a predetermined trend type condition.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the pattern information generation unit further comprises:

a first pattern information generation unit configured to analyze a number of instances in the basic data, of an abnormal value exceeding a preset threshold, by predetermined time intervals, and generate pattern information about whether an abnormal value is present based on the analyzed number of instances of the abnormal value by the predetermined time intervals and a predetermined abnormal value type condition; and

a combined pattern information generation unit configured to generate combined pattern information from the generated pattern information and the trend pattern information.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the pattern information generation unit comprises:

a second pattern information generation unit configured to determine whether a predetermined repetition condition is satisfied for a specific period of time by using the basic data, configured to generate information on whether the predetermined repetition condition is satisfied, and configured to generate periodic repetition pattern information about a number of times the condition is satisfied; and

a combined pattern information generation unit configured to generate combined pattern information from the periodic repetition pattern information and the trend pattern.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the pattern information generation unit further comprises:

a first pattern information generation unit configured to analyze a number of instances in the basic data, of an abnormal value exceeding a preset threshold, by predetermined time intervals, and generate pattern information about whether an abnormal value is present based on the analyzed number of instances of the abnormal value by the predetermined time intervals and a predetermined abnormal value type condition,

wherein the combined pattern information generation unit generates the combined pattern information by combining pattern information about the abnormal value, trend pattern information on the amount of the resources used by periods, and the periodic repetition pattern information.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a resource change unit configured to change the allocation of the resources to the user in response to the determination of the resource change determination unit.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a monitoring information provision unit configured to output at least one of:

pattern information generated by the pattern information generation unit, and

information determined by the resource change determination unit.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an information standardization unit configured to standardize the resource information received by the resource information reception unit, wherein the basic data generation unit generates the basic data based on the standardized resource information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, for a distributed parallel process, the standardized resource information is distributed and stored.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resource information received by the resource information reception unit includes, for each of the plurality of servers, at least one of:

an amount of CPU used, an input/output amount, an amount of disk used, and an amount of memory.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined items include a total number of the resource information data, an average of the amount of resources used, a maximum of the amount of resources used, a minimum of the amount of resources used, a number of instances of the abnormal value, an average of the amount of resources used excluding the abnormal value, and data about at least one peak of the amount of resources used excluding the abnormal value.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the basic data generation unit is further configured to generate the basic data by processing the resource information in parallel.

16. A method of determining whether to change resources using pattern information, the method comprising:

receiving resource information including information about resource usage, of resources of a plurality of data center servers, allocated to a user;

generating basic data about predetermined resource-related items, in preset time units, using the received resource information;

generating pattern information using the generated basic data; and

making a resource change determination with respect to the resources, based on the generated pattern information, wherein the resource change determination indicates whether to increase, maintain, or reduce the resources allocated to the user.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the generating of the pattern information comprises analyzing a number of instances in the basic data, of an abnormal value exceeding a preset threshold, by predetermined time intervals, and generating pattern information about whether an abnormal value is present based on the analyzed number of instances of the abnormal value and a predetermined abnormal value type number condition.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the generating of the pattern information comprises

determining whether a predetermined repetition condition is satisfied for a specific period of time by using the basic data,

generating information on whether the predetermined repetition condition is satisfied, and

generating periodic repetition pattern information about a number of times of satisfying the condition.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the generating of the pattern information comprises generating trend pattern information, on the amount of resources used by periods, about whether the amount of resources used is on the increase, is remaining unchanged, or is on the decrease for a user-indicated search period, wherein the trend pattern information is generated based on the basic data and on a predetermined trend type condition.

20. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for enabling a processor of a computer system to implement operations comprising:

receiving resource information including information about resource usage, of resources of a plurality of data center servers, allocated to a user;

generating basic data about predetermined resource-related items, in preset time units, using the received resource information;

generating pattern information using the generated basic data; and

making a resource change determination with respect to the resources, based on the generated pattern information, wherein the resource change determination indicates whether to increase, maintain, or reduce the resources allocated to the user.