Resource management system and method

• US 8,286,187 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2008
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Hung, Yi-Shuan, Lin, Wen-Wei, Hou, Ting-Wei, Wang, Pang-Chieh, Jang, Sheng-An, Lin, Cheng-Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): Puente, Emerson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Labud, Jonathan R
• Application Number:
  US12/127,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320483A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 719/311
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Resource management system is provided, implemented between a service bundle developer and provider and a service bundle user. A resource requirement determining device determines a system resource requirement for a service bundle provided by the service bundle developer and provider, and generates resource requirement information corresponding to the service bundle. A processor receives information of system resource utilization status from the service bundle user, determines whether available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, when the available resource of the service bundle user is insufficient, the processor generates a waiting queue, and adds the service bundle into the waiting queue. When available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient, the processor installs the service bundle specified in the waiting queue in the service user. A storage device stores the waiting queue and corresponding resource requirement information.

Claims

1. A resource management method, comprising:

determining a system resource requirement for a service bundle provided by a service bundle developer and provider, and generating resource requirement information corresponding to the service bundle;

receiving information of system resource utilization status from a service bundle user;

determining whether available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle according to the resource requirement information of the service bundle developer and provider and the information of system resource utilization status of the service bundle user;

when the available resource of the service bundle user is insufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, generating a waiting queue and adding the service bundle into the waiting queue; and

when the available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, installing the service bundle specified in the waiting queue in the service bundle user.

2. The resource management method of claim 1, further determining whether available resource of the service bundle user becomes sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle according to a preset period, and when the available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, installing the service bundle specified in the waiting queue in the service bundle user.

3. The resource management method of claim 1, wherein the service bundle user comprises an open service platform.

4. The resource management method of claim 3, wherein the service bundle user comprises an OSGi (Open System Gateway initiative) platform.

5. The resource management method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the system resource requirement for the service bundle provided by the service bundle developer and provider comprises:

determining a memory requirement for the service bundle;

determining dependent resources of the service bundle, comprising input/output device requirement and dependency on other service bundles of the service bundle; and

determining computing resource requirement of the service bundle.

6. The resource management method of claim 5, further generating information specifying resource requirement, comprising information specifying memory requirement, input/output device requirement and dependency on other service bundles, and computing resource requirement of the service bundle.

7. The resource management method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the information of system resource utilization status from the service bundle user comprises:

receiving a list of service bundles which have been installed in the service bundle user; and

receiving information specifying total system resources of the service bundle user.

8. A resource management system, implemented between a service bundle developer and provider and a service bundle user, comprising:

a resource requirement determining device, determining a system resource requirement for a service bundle provided by the service bundle developer and provider, and generating resource requirement information corresponding to the service bundle;

a processor, receiving information of system resource utilization status from the service bundle user, determining whether available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle according to the resource requirement information of the service bundle developer and provider and the information of system resource utilization status of the service bundle user, when the available resource of the service bundle user is insufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, generating a waiting queue and adding the service bundle into the waiting queue, and when the available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, installing the service bundle specified in the waiting queue in the service bundle user; and

a storage device, storing the waiting queue and the corresponding system resource requirement.

9. The resource management system of claim 8, wherein the processor further determines whether available resource of the service bundle user becomes sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle according to a preset period, and when the available resource of the service bundle user is sufficient for the resource requirement of the service bundle, installs the service bundle specified in the waiting queue in the service bundle user.

10. The resource management system of claim 8, wherein the service bundle user comprises an open service platform.

11. The resource management system of claim 10, wherein the service bundle user comprises an OSGi (Open System Gateway initiative) platform.

12. The resource management system of claim 8, wherein the resource requirement determining device further determines a memory requirement for the service bundle, determines input/output device requirement and dependency on other service bundles of the service bundle, and determines computing resource requirement of the service bundle.

13. The resource management system of claim 12, wherein the resource requirement determining device further generates information specifying resource requirement, comprising information specifying memory requirement, input/output device requirement and dependency on other service bundles, and computing resource requirement of the service bundle.

14. The resource management system of claim 8, wherein the processor further receives a list of service bundles which have been installed in the service bundle user, and receives information specifying total system resources of the service bundle user.