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Load balancing for a parallel computer system by employing resource utilization target values and states

  • US 5,898,870 A
  • Filed: 12/13/1996
  • Issued: 04/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a parallel computer system having a computer group including a plurality of computers and an operation management mechanism which includes a computer for managing the operation of the computer group, a load sharing control method for sharing a load for executing a plurality of kinds of work processes among said plurality of computers in said computer group, said method comprising the steps of:

  • setting a resource utilization target value by each work for each of said plurality of computers included in said computer group in said operation management mechanism;

    collecting a parameter value indicative of a resource utilization state, corresponding to each work, for each of said plurality of computers included in said computer group into said operation management mechanism;

    selecting one computer to execute a newly requested work process from said plurality of computers included in said computer group on the basis of the differences between resource utilization target parameter values by respective works in said plurality of computers included in said computer group and parameters values indicating current resource utilization states corresponding to the respective works from said operation management mechanism; and

    executing, in the selected computer, the newly requested work process.

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