Apparatus, system, and method for controlling a processing system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a processing system, the method comprising:
- acquiring a plurality of performance data pairs for a processing system, each performance data pair comprising a domain performance value and a range performance value, the plurality of performance data pairs sorted in order of the domain performance value for each performance data pair;
calculating a range slope for adjacent domain values within the plurality of performance data pairs;
computing a normalized second order difference in the range slope for a plurality of domain performance values;
determining a particular performance value that corresponds to a maximum normalized second order difference in the range slope;
adjusting a preferred performance threshold to correspond to the particular performance value; and
controlling the processing system using the preferred performance threshold.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling a processing system. The apparatus to control a processing system is provided with a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of controlling a processing system. These modules in the described embodiments include a data acquisition module that acquires performance data for a processing system, a data analysis module that calculates the slope between adjacent data points, a data normalization module that normalizes the data and computes a second order difference between the calculated slopes, a performance analysis module that determines the performance value that corresponds to the maximum calculated slope, a performance comparison module that sets a preferred performance threshold, and a performance control module that controls the processing system to achieve the preferred performance threshold.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a processing system, the method comprising:
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acquiring a plurality of performance data pairs for a processing system, each performance data pair comprising a domain performance value and a range performance value, the plurality of performance data pairs sorted in order of the domain performance value for each performance data pair; calculating a range slope for adjacent domain values within the plurality of performance data pairs; computing a normalized second order difference in the range slope for a plurality of domain performance values; determining a particular performance value that corresponds to a maximum normalized second order difference in the range slope; adjusting a preferred performance threshold to correspond to the particular performance value; and controlling the processing system using the preferred performance threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus to control a processing system, the apparatus comprising:
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a data acquisition module configured to acquire a plurality of performance data pairs for a processing system, each performance data pair comprising a domain performance value and a range performance value, the plurality of performance data pairs sorted in order of the domain performance value for each performance data pair; a data analysis module configured to calculate a range slope for adjacent domain values within the plurality of performance data pairs; a data normalization module configured to compute a normalized second order difference in the range slope for a plurality of domain performance values; a performance analysis module configured to determine a particular performance value that corresponds to a maximum normalized second order difference in the range slope; a performance comparison module configured to adjust a preferred performance threshold to correspond to the particular performance value; and a performance control module configured to control the processing system using the preferred performance threshold. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system to control a processing system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of client systems configured to issue service requests; a plurality of command processors configured to receive and fulfill service requests, the plurality of command processors comprising at least a computer readable medium and a digital processing apparatus; and a performance optimizer configured to, acquire a plurality of performance data pairs for the plurality of command processors, each performance data pair comprising a domain performance value and a range performance value, calculate a range slope for adjacent domain values within the plurality of performance data pairs, compute a normalized second order difference in the range slope for a plurality of domain performance values, determine a particular performance value that corresponds to a maximum normalized second order difference in the range slope, adjust a preferred performance threshold to correspond to the particular performance value, and control the plurality of command processors using the preferred performance threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations for controlling a processing system, the operations of the computer program product comprising:
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acquiring a plurality of performance data pairs for a processing system, each performance data pair comprising a domain performance value and a range performance value, the plurality of performance data pairs sorted in order of the domain performance value for each performance data pair; calculating a range slope for adjacent domain values within the plurality of performance data pairs; computing a normalized second order difference in the range slope for a plurality of domain performance values; determining a particular performance value that corresponds to a maximum normalized second order difference in the range slope; adjusting a preferred performance threshold to correspond to the particular performance value; and controlling the processing system using the preferred performance threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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