Analysis technique of execution states in computer system

• US 7,716,431 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Hayamatsu, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): TSAI, SHENG JEN
• Application Number:
  US11/071,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20060143291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,894 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 711/156
• US Class Current: 711/156
• 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: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals

Abstract

An information processing method according to this invention is a method executed when one or a plurality of applications are executed in an arbitrary node in a computer system including a plurality of nodes, which comprises: obtaining data representing an execution state of an application for the plurality of nodes; calculating a used capability value for each application by using the data representing the execution state of the application and a capability value for each node; obtaining data representing an application usage frequency of each user for the plurality of nodes; calculating a usage ratio of each user for each application by using the data representing the application usage frequency; and calculating a ratio of the used capability value for the total capability value of the computer system for each user and each application by using the used capability value and the usage ratio.

Claims

1. An information processing method, comprising:

obtaining first data representing an execution state of an application program, among a plurality of application programs, used by users from nodes included in a computer system;

first calculating second data representing a used capability value of said application program as a relative value by using said first data and third data representing capability values of said nodes, wherein said capability values of said nodes are relative values and the relative values relate the values of one node to another node;

obtaining, from said nodes, fourth data representing an application program usage frequency that is data of an access time, for each of said users;

second calculating fifth data representing application program usage ratios of said users by using said fourth data; and

third calculating, for each of said users, sixth data representing a ratio of said used capability value for a total capability value of said computer system, for said application program, by using said second data and said fifth data,

wherein said second calculating comprises;

calculating a total access time of each of said users by using said fourth data; and

calculating, as said fifth data, a ratio of said total access time of each of said users by dividing said total access time of each of said users by a sum of said total access times of all of said users who used said application program, and

wherein said third calculating comprises;

dividing a product of said second data and said fifth data of a specific user by a sum of said used capability values of all of said application programs.

2. The information processing method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

totaling said ratios for each of said users or at least one user group, and generating charging data for each of said users or each of said at least one user group from the totaling result and a cost for said computer system.

3. The information processing method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first data is a CPU usage time, and wherein said first calculating comprises:

calculating a total CPU usage time in each said node by using said first data;

totaling a CPU usage time of each said node for said application program;

calculating a CPU usage ratio of each said node for said application program by using the totaled CPU usage time of each said node; and

calculating a used capability value of said application program by calculating a used capability value of each said node for said application program from the calculated total CPU usage time, the totaled CPU usage ratio of each said node, the calculated CPU usage ratio of each said node, and said capability value of each said node, and totaling the calculated used capability values for said application program.

4. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, said process comprising:

obtaining first data representing an execution state of an application program, among a plurality of application programs, used by users from nodes included in a computer system;

first calculating second data representing a used capability value of said application program as a relative value, by using said first data and third data representing capability values of said nodes, wherein said capability values of said nodes are relative values and the relative values relate the values of one node to another node;

obtaining, from said nodes, fourth data representing an application program usage frequency that is data of an access time, for each of said users;

second calculating fifth data representing application program usage ratios of said users by using said fourth data; and

third calculating, for each of said users, sixth data representing a ratio of said used capability value for a total capability value of said computer system, for said application program, by using said second data and said fifth data,

wherein said second calculating comprises;

calculating a total access time of each of said users by using said fourth data; and

calculating, as said fifth data, a ratio of said total access time of each of said users by dividing said total access time of each of said users by a sum of said total access times of all of said users who used said application program, and

wherein said third calculating comprises;

dividing a product of said second data and said fifth data of a specific user by a sum of said used capability values of all of said application programs.

5. The computer-readable storage medium as set forth in claim 4, said process further comprising:

totaling said ratios for each of said users or at least one user group, and generating charging data for each of said users or each said at least one user group from the totaling result and a cost for said computer system.

6. The computer-readable storage medium as set forth in claim 4, wherein said first data is a CPU usage time, and wherein said first calculating comprises:

calculating a total CPU usage time in each said node by using said first data;

totaling a CPU usage time of each said node for said application program;

calculating a CPU usage ratio of each said node for said application program by using the totaled CPU usage time of each said node; and

calculating a used capability value of said application program by calculating a used capability value of each said node for said application program from the calculated total CPU usage time, the totaled CPU usage ratio of each said node, the calculated CPU usage ratio of each said node, and said capability value of each said node, and totaling the calculated used capability values for said application program.

7. A computer comprising:

a unit to obtain first data representing an execution state of an application program, among a plurality of application programs, used by users from nodes included in a computer system;

a first calculating unit to calculate second data representing a used capability value of said application program as a relative value by using said first data and third data representing capability values of said nodes, wherein said capability values of said nodes are relative values and the relative values relate the values of one node to another node;

a unit to obtain, from said nodes, fourth data representing an application program usage frequency that is data of an access time, for each of said users;

a second calculating unit to calculate fifth data representing application program usage ratios of said users by using said fourth data; and

a third calculating unit to calculate, for each of said users, sixth data representing a ratio of said used capability value for a total capability value of said computer system, for said application program, by using said second data and said fifth data,

wherein said second calculating unit comprises;

a unit to calculate a total access time of each of said users by using said fourth data; and

a unit to calculate, as said fifth data, a ratio of said total access time of each of said users by dividing said total access time of each of said users who used said application program by a sum of said total access times of all of said users who used said application program, and

wherein said third calculating unit comprises;

a unit to divide a product of said second data and said fifth data of a specific user by a sum of said used capability values of all of said application programs.

8. The computer as set forth in claim 7, further comprising:

a unit to total said ratios for each of said users or at least one user group, and to generate charging data for each of said users or each of said at least one user group from the totaling result and a cost for said computer system.

9. The computer as set forth in claim 7, wherein said first data is a CPU usage time, and wherein said first calculating unit comprises:

a unit to calculate a total CPU usage time in each said node by using said first data;

a unit to total a CPU usage time of each said node for said application program;

a unit to calculate a CPU usage ratio of each said node for said application program by using the totaled CPU usage time of each said node; and

a unit to calculate a used capability value of said application program by calculating a used capability value of each said node for said application program from the calculated total CPU usage time, the totaled CPU usage ratio of each said node, the calculated CPU usage ratio of each said node, and said capability value of each said node, and totaling the calculated used capability values for said application program.