SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SYSTEM INCLUDING A LOAD BALANCER AND A PLURALITY OF APPARATUSES, AND APPARATUS

• US 20160103714A1
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Konishi, Yotaro, Miyoshi, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US14/870,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5083 Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system

Abstract

A system includes a load balancer; apparatuses; a control apparatus configured to execute a process including: selecting, from among the apparatuses, one or more first apparatuses as each processing node for processing data distributed by the load balancer, selecting, from among the apparatuses, one or more second apparatuses as each inputting and outputting node for inputting and outputting data processed by the each processing node, collecting load information from the one or more first apparatuses and the one or more second apparatuses, changing a number of the one or more first apparatuses or a number of the one or more second apparatuses based on the load information, and setting one or more third apparatuses not selected as the processing node and the inputting and outputting node from among the apparatuses based on the changing into a deactivated state.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a load balancer;

a plurality of information processing apparatuses;

a control apparatus including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute a process including;

selecting, from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, one or more first information processing apparatuses as each processing node for processing data distributed by the load balancer,

selecting, from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, one or more second information processing apparatuses as each inputting and outputting node for inputting and outputting data processed by the each processing node,

collecting load information from the one or more first information processing apparatuses and the one or more second information processing apparatuses,

changing a number of the one or more first information processing apparatuses or a number of the one or more second information processing apparatuses based on the load information, data being distributed to the changed one or more first processing apparatuses based on the changing by the load balancer when the number of the one or more first information processing apparatuses is changed, and

setting one or more third information processing apparatuses not selected as the processing node and the inputting and outputting node from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses based on the changing into a deactivated state.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the changing includes selecting one or more fourth information processing apparatuses set in the deactivated state from among the information processing apparatus as the inputting and outputting node when it is determined that a load of at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatuses exceeds a first threshold value based on the load information.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of storage apparatuses,

wherein the process further includes;

coupling a given number of storage apparatus from among the plurality of storage apparatuses to the one or more second information processing apparatuses selected as the inputting and outputting node.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein

the changing includes selecting one or more fifth information processing apparatuses set in the deactivated state from among the information processing apparatus as the inputting and outputting node when it is determined that a load of at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatuses exceeds a first threshold value based on the load information,

the process further includes:

executing a division process for reassigning at least one of one or more storage apparatuses coupled to the one or more second information processing apparatuses as a target inputting and outputting node of the division process from among the plurality of storage apparatuses to the one or more fifth information processing apparatuses.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the each processing node is configured to:

suspend inputting of data to the target inputting and outputting node of the division process from among the one or more second information processing apparatuses during execution of the division process, and

input the suspended data to the target inputting and outputting node of the division process after the division process is completed.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein

a plurality of zones to which the given number of storage apparatus are individually allocated are set,

data processed by the processing node are redundantly stored individually into the storage apparatus within a given number of zones from among the plurality of zones, and

the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a readout request is received from the load balancer, a first request for reading out first target data designated by the readout request from the storage apparatus, in which the first target data is stored, to the inputting and outputting node other than the target inputting and outputting node of the division process from among the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

7. The system according to claim 4, wherein

a plurality of zones to which the given number of storage apparatus are individually allocated are set,

data processed by the processing node are redundantly stored individually into the storage apparatus within a given number of zones from among the plurality of zones, and

the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a writing request is received from the load balancer, a second request for writing second target data designated by the writing request to the inputting and outputting node other than the target inputting and outputting node of the division process from among the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a transfer request is received from the control apparatus, a third request for transferring the second target data to the inputting and outputting nodes to which the second request is not issued from the storage apparatus in which the second target data is written to the inputting and outputting node coupled to the storage apparatus in which the second target data is written, the inputting and outputting node to which the second request is not issued being is the target inputting and outputting node of the division process from among the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the changing includes releasing at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatuses from the inputting and outputting node when it is determined that the load of the at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatuses is lower than a second threshold value that is lower than the first threshold value based on the load information, and

the setting sets the released at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatuses into the deactivated state.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the process further includes:

executing a coupling process for reassigning the storage apparatus coupled to the released at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatuses as a target inputting and outputting node of the coupling process to at least one of the one or more second information processing apparatus in which the selecting as the inputting and outputting node continues.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the each processing node is configured to:

suspend inputting of data to the target inputting and outputting node of the coupling process from among the one or more second information processing apparatus in which the selecting as the inputting and outputting node continues during execution of the coupling process, and

input the suspended data to the target inputting and outputting node of the coupling process after the coupling process is completed.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein

a plurality of zones to which the given number of storage apparatus are individually allocated are set,

data processed by the processing node are redundantly stored individually into the storage apparatus within a given number of zones from among the plurality of zones, and

the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a readout request is received from the load balancer, a fourth request for reading out third target data designated by the readout request from the storage apparatus, in which the third target data is stored, to the inputting and outputting node other than the target inputting and outputting node of the coupling process from among the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein

a plurality of zones to which the given number of storage apparatus are individually allocated are set,

data processed by the processing node are redundantly stored individually into the storage apparatus within a given number of zones from among the plurality of zones, and

the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a writing request is received from the load balancer, a fifth request for writing fourth target data designated by the writing request to the inputting and outputting node other than the target inputting and outputting node of the coupling process from among the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a transfer request is received from the control apparatus, a sixth request for transferring the fourth target data to the inputting and outputting nodes to which the fifth request is not issued from the storage apparatus in which the fourth target data is written to the inputting and outputting node coupled to the storage apparatus in which the fourth target data is written, the inputting and outputting node to which the fifth request is not issued being is the target inputting and outputting node of the coupling process from among the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the changing includes selecting one or more sixth information processing apparatuses set in the deactivated state from among the information processing apparatus as the inputting and outputting node when it is determined that a load of at least one of the one or more first information processing apparatuses exceeds a third threshold value based on the load information.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein

the changing includes releasing at least one of the one or more first information processing apparatuses from the processing node when it is determined that the load of the at least one of the one or more first information processing apparatuses is lower than a fourth threshold value that is lower than the third threshold value based on the load information, and

the setting sets the released at least one of the one or more first information processing apparatuses into the deactivated state.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of zones to which the given number of storage apparatus are individually allocated are set,

data processed by the processing node are redundantly stored individually into the storage apparatus within a given number of zones from among the plurality of zones, and

the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a readout request is received from the load balancer, a sixth request for reading out fifth target data designated by the readout request from the storage apparatus, in which the fifth target data is stored, to the inputting and outputting nodes coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of zones to which the given number of storage apparatus are individually allocated are set,

data processed by the processing node are redundantly stored individually into the storage apparatus within a given number of zones from among the plurality of zones, and

the each processing node is configured to:

issue, when a writing request is received from the load balancer, a seventh request for writing sixth target data designated by the writing request to the inputting and outputting node coupled to the storage apparatus individually in the given number of zones.

19. A method of controlling a system including a load balancer and a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the method comprising:

selecting, from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, one or more first information processing apparatuses as each processing node for processing data distributed by the load balancer;

selecting, from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, one or more second information processing apparatuses as each inputting and outputting node for inputting and outputting data processed by the each processing node;

collecting load information from the one or more first information processing apparatuses and the one or more second information processing apparatuses;

changing a number of the one or more first information processing apparatuses or a number of the one or more second information processing apparatuses based on the load information, data being distributed to the changed one or more first processing apparatuses based on the changing by the load balancer when the number of the one or more first information processing apparatuses is changed; and

setting one or more third information processing apparatuses not selected as the processing node and the inputting and outputting node from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses based on the changing into a deactivated state.

20. An apparatus configured to control a system including a load balancer and a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute a process including;

selecting, from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, one or more first information processing apparatuses as each processing node for processing data distributed by the load balancer,

selecting, from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, one or more second information processing apparatuses as each inputting and outputting node for inputting and outputting data processed by the each processing node,

collecting load information from the one or more first information processing apparatuses and the one or more second information processing apparatuses,

changing a number of the one or more first information processing apparatuses or a number of the one or more second information processing apparatuses based on the load information, data being distributed to the changed one or more first processing apparatuses based on the changing by the load balancer when the number of the one or more first information processing apparatuses is changed, and

setting one or more third information processing apparatuses not selected as the processing node and the inputting and outputting node from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses based on the changing into a deactivated state.