Optimizing resource configurations

• US 8,286,176 B1
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baumback, Mark S., Bettis, David William, Jenkins, Jonathan A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coleman, Eric
• Application Number:
  US12/240,945
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring the performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request corresponding to a set of resources. The processing device uses the processed performance metric information to determine a resource configuration to be associated with the set of resources. In some embodiments, in making such a determination, the processing device assesses performance metric information collected and associated with subsequent requests corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources and using each of a variety of alternative resource configurations. The processing device may also consider a number of factors, including performance selection criteria obtained from an original content provider. Aspects of systems and methods for generating recommendations to use a particular resource configuration to process a subsequent request corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources are also provided.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring performance associated with processing a resource request, the system comprising:

a processing component associated with a computing device operable to;

obtain, from a client computing component, a first set of performance data associated with processing a first resource request, wherein the first resource request corresponds to a set of resources and wherein the set of resources corresponds to an original resource and any embedded resources associated with content requested by a client computing device;

obtain, from a performance measurement component, a second set of performance data associated with processing the first resource request;

identify one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a subsequent resource request based on a display location associated with one or more resources in the set of resources, wherein the subsequent resource request corresponds to the content associated with the set of resources;

for each resource configuration;

cause an initiation of the subsequent resource request associated with the resource configuration; and

obtain, from the client computing component and the performance measurement component, performance data related to processing of the subsequent resource request using the resource configuration; and

dynamically determine a recommended resource configuration to be associated with the content corresponding to the set of resources based on the first and second sets of performance data and the performance data related to processing the subsequent resource request using each of the one or more resource configurations.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processing component is further operable to generate code for the recommended resource configuration.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the display location is associated with a visible portion of a display.

4. The system as recited in claim 3, wherein the visible portion of the display corresponds to a portion of the display associated with all resources to be collectively displayed at a given time on the display.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a subsequent resource request is based on a display location associated with each resource in the set of resources.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a subsequent resource request is based on a display location associated with a subset of resources corresponding to the set of resources.

7. The system as recited in claim 6, wherein the subset of resources corresponds to resources to be rendered on a visible portion of a display.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a subsequent resource request is further based on timing information associated with the subset of the set of resources.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the timing information includes timing of receipt, at the client computing device, of the first byte of data and timing of receipt of the last byte of data for each resource in the subset of the resources.

10. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with rendering each resource in the subset of resources for display.

11. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with collectively rendering the subset of resources for display.

12. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with receipt of the first byte of data for each resource in the subset of the resources, receipt of the last byte of data for each resource in the subset of resources, rendering each resource in the subset of resources for display, and collectively rendering the subset of resources for display.

13. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration, by the processing component, is based on timing information associated with a subset of the resources.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the subset of the resources are associated with a display location corresponding to a visible portion of a display on which the subset of resources are to be rendered.

15. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to an order of requesting the set of resources, wherein the order of requesting the set of resources is different from an order of requesting the set of resources corresponding to the first resource request.

16. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to an allocation of domains to be associated with the set of resources, wherein the allocation of domains is different from an allocation of domains corresponding to the first resource request.

17. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises a consolidation configuration identifying one or more sets of the set of resources to be consolidated.

18. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to utilizing one or more network-based service providers to host or process the content on behalf of a content provider or enable transmission of the content.

19. A method comprising:

identifying, by a processing device, one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with processing a request corresponding to a set of resources, wherein the set of resources corresponds to an original resource and any embedded resources associated with content requested by a client computing device;

for each resource configuration;

causing an initiation of a request corresponding to the set of resources, wherein the request is associated with the resource configuration; and

obtaining performance data related to processing of the request using the resource configuration; and

dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration to be associated with the set of resources based on the performance data.

20. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein obtaining performance data related to processing of the request using each of the one or more identified resource configurations comprises:

obtaining, from a client computing component, performance data associated with a record identifier, wherein the performance data is associated with processing the request;

obtaining, from a performance measurement component, performance data associated with a record identifier, wherein the performance data is associated with processing the request and includes timing information as to the receipt of the first and last bytes of data for each embedded resource associated with the request; and

associating the performance data from the client computing component and the performance measurement component using the record identifier.

21. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising generating a recommendation to use the determined resource configuration to process a subsequent request corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources.

22. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising generating code for the content associated with the set of resources to be processed using the determined resource configuration.

23. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a resource request is based on a display location associated with each resource in the set of resources.

24. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a resource request is based on a display location associated with a subset of resources corresponding to the set of resources.

25. The method as recited in claim 24, wherein the subset of resources corresponds to resources to be rendered on a visible portion of a display.

26. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a resource request is further based on timing information associated with the subset of resources.

27. The method as recited in claim 26, wherein the timing information includes timing of receipt, at the client computing device, of the first byte of data and timing of receipt of the last byte of data for each resource in the subset of resources.

28. The method as recited in claim 26, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with rendering each resource in the subset of resources for display.

29. The method as recited in claim 26, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with collectively rendering the subset of resources for display.

30. The method as recited in claim 26, wherein the timing information includes timing information associated with receipt of the first byte of data for each resource in the subset of resources, receipt of the last byte of data for each resource in the subset of resources, rendering each resource in the subset of resources for display, and collectively rendering the subset of resources for display.

31. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to an order of requesting the set of resources.

32. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to an allocation of domains to be associated with the set of resources.

33. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises a consolidation configuration identifying one or more sets of the resources to be consolidated, wherein the one or more sets are selected from the subset of resources to be rendered on the visible portion of the display.

34. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to utilizing one or more network-based service providers to host or process at least a portion of the content on behalf of a content provider or enable transmission of at least a portion of the content.

35. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration is based on timing information associated with a subset of the resources.

36. The method as recited in claim 35, wherein the subset of the resources are associated with a display location corresponding to a visible portion of a display on which the subset of resources are to be rendered.

37. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein the recommended resource configuration comprises configuration information corresponding to an order of requesting the set of resources.

38. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein the recommended resource configuration comprises configuration information corresponding to an allocation of domains to be associated with the set of resources.

39. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein the recommended resource configuration comprises a consolidation configuration identifying one or more sets of the subset of resources to be consolidated.

40. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein the recommended resource configuration comprises configuration information corresponding to utilizing one or more network-based service providers to host or process at least a portion of the content on behalf of a content provider or enable transmission of at least a portion of the content.

41. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein the recommended resource configuration comprises at least two or more of:

configuration information corresponding to an allocation of domains to be associated with the set of resources;

configuration information corresponding to an allocation of domains to be associated with the set of resources;

a consolidation configuration identifying one or more sets of the subset of resources to be consolidated; and

configuration information corresponding to utilizing one or more network-based service providers to host or process at least a portion of the content on behalf of a content provider or enable transmission of at least a portion of the content.

42. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration is further based on performance selection criteria.

43. The method as recited in claim 42, wherein the performance selection criteria includes quality of service information.

44. The method as recited in claim 42, wherein the performance selection criteria includes cost information associated with processing the request.

45. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising obtaining, from a content provider, performance selection criteria.

46. The method as recited in claim 45, wherein dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration is further based on the performance selection criteria provided by the content provider.

47. A method comprising:

obtaining, from a client computing device, performance data associated with processing a first resource request, wherein the first resource request corresponds to a set of resources, and wherein the set of resources corresponds to an original resource and any embedded resources associated with content requested by the client computing device; and

dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with processing a subsequent request corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources, wherein the one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with processing the subsequent request are different from a resource configuration utilized in conjunction with processing the first resource request.

48. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein obtaining performance data associated with processing the requested resource comprises:

obtaining, from a client computing component, performance data associated with a record identifier, wherein the performance data is associated with processing the first resource request;

obtaining, from a performance measurement component, performance data associated with a record identifier, wherein the performance data is associated with processing the first resource request and includes timing information as to the receipt of the first and last bytes of data for each resource associated with the request; and

associating the performance data from the client computing component and the performance measurement component using the record identifier.

49. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with the subsequent request is based on the obtained performance data.

50. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with the subsequent request comprises processing the obtained performance data and dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with the subsequent request if the processed performance data fails to meet a predetermined level of performance associated with a subset of the resources.

51. The method as recited in claim 50, wherein the subset of resources corresponds to resources to be rendered on a visible portion of a display.

52. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations is based on timing information associated with a subset of the resources, wherein the subset of the resources corresponds to resources to be rendered on a visible portion of a display.

53. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations is based on an estimated performance benefit.

54. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with a resource request is based on a display location associated with a subset of resources corresponding to the set of resources.

55. The method as recited in claim 54, wherein the subset of resources corresponds to resources to be rendered on a visible portion of a display.

56. The method as recited in claim 55, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to an order of requesting the set of resources.

57. The method as recited in claim 55, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to an allocation of domains to be associated with the set of resources.

58. The method as recited in claim 55, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises a consolidation configuration identifying one or more sets of the resources to be consolidated, wherein the one or more sets are selected from the subset of resources to be rendered on the visible portion of the display.

59. The method as recited in claim 55, wherein at least one of the one or more resource configurations comprises configuration information corresponding to utilizing one or more network-based service providers to host or process at least a portion of the content on behalf of a content provider or enable transmission of at least a portion of the content.

60. The method as recited in claim 47, wherein dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with the subsequent request is based on performance selection criteria.

61. The method as recited in claim 60, wherein the performance selection criteria includes quality of service information.

62. The method as recited in claim 60, wherein the performance selection criteria includes cost information associated with processing the subsequent request.

63. The method as recited in claim 47 further comprising obtaining, from the content provider, performance selection criteria, wherein dynamically identifying one or more resource configurations to be utilized in conjunction with the subsequent request is based on the obtained performance selection criteria.

64. The method as recited in claim 47 further comprising:

for each of the one or more resource configurations;

causing an initiation of the subsequent request corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources.

65. The method as recited in claim 64 further comprising:

for each of the one or more resource configurations;

obtaining performance data related to the processing the subsequent request associated with the resource configuration.

66. The method as recited in claim 65 further comprising providing a recommendation for processing a further subsequent resource request based on a comparison of the performance data associated with processing the first resource request with the performance data associated with processing the subsequent request using each of the identified one or more resource configurations, wherein the further subsequent resource request corresponds to the content associated with the set of resources.

67. The method as recited in claim 65 further comprising dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration to be associated with the set of resources based on the performance data associated with processing the subsequent request using each of the identified one or more resource configurations.

68. The method as recited in claim 67, wherein dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration is further based on the performance data associated with processing the first resource request.

69. The method as recited in claim 67, wherein dynamically determining a recommended resource configuration is further based on performance selection criteria.

70. The method as recited in claim 69, wherein the performance selection criteria includes quality of service information.

71. The method as recited in claim 69, wherein the performance selection criteria includes cost information associated with processing the subsequent request.