Access method, computer and recording medium

• US 8,843,672 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Oe, Kazuichi, Ogihara, Kazutaka, Noguchi, Yasuo, Kumano, Tatsuo, Tamura, Masahisa, Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Takashi, Ozawa, Toshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shyu, Jing-Yih
• Application Number:
  US13/418,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20120265907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• US Class Current: 710/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3485 for I/O devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold

Abstract

An access method includes: obtaining, by a computer, a result of monitoring a busy rate and a number of access operations per unit time of a storage device, the storage device having a first storage area and a second storage area; calculating a characteristic of correlation between the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time based on the result; calculating a second number of access operations per unit time based on the characteristic of the correlation such that a sum of a first busy rate corresponding to a first number of access operations per unit time and a second busy rate corresponding to a second number of access operations per unit time becomes equal to or lower than a given busy rate; and controlling a number of operations to access the second storage area per unit time based on the second number of access operations.

Claims

1. An access method comprising:

obtaining, by a computer, a result of monitoring a busy rate and a number of access operations per unit time of a storage device, the storage device having a first storage area and a second storage area;

acquiring a characteristic of correlation between the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time based on the result;

calculating a first value, using the characteristic of correlation, based on the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time;

calculating a first busy rate corresponding to a first number of access operations per unit time for the first storage area based on the first value and a guaranteed number of access operations per unit time which is guaranteed for the first storage area;

calculating a second number of access operations per unit time based on the first busy rate and the first value; and

controlling a number of operations to access the second storage area based on the second number of access operations per unit time.

2. The access method according to claim 1, further comprising,

notifying a controller to control the second storage area with the second number of access operations per unit time.

3. The access method according to claim 1, further comprising:

dividing the busy rate by the number of access operations per unit time to calculate the first value;

calculating the first busy rate by multiplying the first value by the guaranteed number of access operations per unit time for the first storage area; and

calculating the second number of access operations per unit time by dividing a difference between a maximum value of the busy rate and the first busy rate by the first value.

4. The access method according to claim 1, wherein the number of access operations per unit time, the first number of access operations per unit time and the second number of access operations per unit time each correspond to an Input Output Per Second value.

5. The access method according to claim 1, further comprising,

controlling a number of operations to access one of a plurality of storage areas included in the first storage area so as to become equal to or below a number of access operations to the one of the plurality of storage areas by an application.

6. A computer comprising:

a storage device including a first storage area and a second storage area;

a controller to control a number of operations to access the second storage area per unit time so as to become equal to or below a given number of access operations; and

a processor to execute operations including;

obtaining a result of monitoring a busy rate and a number of access operations per unit time of the storage device;

acquiring a characteristic of correlation between the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time based on the result;

calculating a first value, using the characteristic of correlation, based on the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time;

calculating a first busy rate corresponding to a first number of access operations per unit time for the first storage area based on the first value and a guaranteed number of access operations per unit time which is guaranteed for the first storage area;

calculating a second number of access operations per unit time based on the first busy rate and the first value; and

controlling a number of operations to access the second storage area based on the second number of access operations per unit time.

7. The computer according to claim 6, wherein the operations further includes:

dividing the busy rate by the number of access operations per unit time to calculate the first value;

calculating the first busy rate by multiplying the first value by the guaranteed number of access operations per unit time for the first storage area; and

calculating the second number of access operations per unit time by dividing a difference between a maximum value of the busy rate and the first busy rate by the first value.

8. The computer according to claim 6, wherein the number of access operations per unit time, the first number of access operations per unit time and the second number of access operations per unit time each correspond to an Input Output Per Second value.

9. The computer according to claim 6, wherein the operations further includes:

controlling a number of operations to access one of a plurality of storage areas included in the first storage area so as to become equal to or below a number of access operations to the one of the plurality of storage areas by an application.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program to be executed by a computer, the program comprising a set of codes for causing the computer to execute operations of:

obtaining a result of monitoring a busy rate and a number of access operations per unit time of a storage device, the storage device having a first storage area and a second storage area;

acquiring a characteristic of correlation between the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time based on the result;

calculating a first value, using the characteristic of correlation, based on the busy rate and the number of access operations per unit time;

calculating a first busy rate corresponding to a first number of access operations per unit time for the first storage area based on the first value and a guaranteed number of access operations per unit time which is guaranteed for the first storage area;

calculating a second number of access operations per unit time based on the first busy rate and the first value; and

controlling a number of operations to access the second storage area based on the second number of access operations per unit time.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the operations further includes:

dividing the busy rate by the number of access operations per unit time to calculate the first value;

calculating the first busy rate by multiplying the first value by the guaranteed number of access operations per unit time for the first storage area; and

calculating the second number of access operations per unit time by dividing a difference between a maximum value of the busy rate and the first busy rate by the first value.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the number of access operations per unit time, the first number of access operations per unit time and the second number of access operations per unit time each correspond to an Input Output Per Second value.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the operations further includes:

controlling a number of operations to access one of a plurality of storage areas included in the first storage area so as to become equal to or below a number of access operations to the one of the plurality of storage areas by an application.