Enhanced throttle management system

• US 9,755,897 B1
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Original Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Inventors: Rangarajan, Sudarshan, Bush, Craig M., Cortes, Miguel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thu Ha
• Application Number:
  US14/176,934
• Time in Patent Office: 1,303 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709220, 709226, 709221, 718102, 718104
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/083 for increasing network speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Techniques for enhancing a throttle management system are disclosed. A throttle management system can be configured to scale down a number of permits available for connections to a data source. The throttle configuration parameters can be viewed by an administrator and modified during the runtime operation of the computer system effecting the throttle.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer; and

memory comprising instructions that cause the computer to effectuate computer operations, the computer operations comprising;

receiving, from a client, a request for configuration parameters of a throttle coupled to a data source;

transmitting, from a server, the configuration parameters of the throttle to the client;

receiving, from the client, at least one modification to at least one configuration parameter of the configuration parameters;

updating the configuration parameters stored in a configuration parameter memory based on the at least one modification; and

applying the at least one modification to the at least one configuration parameter of the throttle during runtime operation of the server,

wherein the configuration parameters include;

a maximum number of permits to be issued by the throttle to a plurality of modules operable to perform an operation on the data source,

an expected response time for completing the operation on the data source, and

a number of available permits to assign to the plurality of modules, and

wherein if a previous operation is performed by a first module of the plurality of modules within the expected response time, the number of available permits is increased, and wherein if the previous operation is performed by the first module of the plurality of modules outside the expected response time, the number of available permits is maintained.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameters include a parameter operable to direct the throttle to deny all calls made to the data source.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data source includes a plurality of data sources.

4. The system of claim 2, the computer operations further comprising:

receiving a call to access a data source;

accessing the at least one modified configuration parameter; and

denying all calls to the first data source based on the at least one modified configuration parameter.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the throttle coupled to the data source includes a plurality of throttles, each throttle of the plurality coupled to at least one of a plurality of data sources.

6. The system of claim 5, the computer operations further comprising:

modifying a first configuration parameter of the throttle associated with a first data source of the plurality.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first configuration parameter includes a setting operable to direct the throttle to deny all calls made to the first data source, and to direct the throttle to send calls made to the first data source to a second data source of the plurality.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, from a client, a request for configuration parameters of a throttle coupled to a data source;

transmitting, from a server, the configuration parameters of the throttle;

receiving, from the client, at least one modification to at least one configuration parameter;

updating the configuration parameters stored in a memory based on the at least one modification; and

applying the at least one modification to the at least one configuration parameter of the throttle during runtime operation of the server,

wherein the configuration parameters include;

a maximum number of permits to be issued by the throttle to a plurality of modules operable to perform an operation on the data source,

an expected response time for completing the operation on the data source, and

a number of available permits to assign to the plurality of modules, and

wherein if a previous operation is performed by a first module of the plurality of modules within the expected response time, the number of available permits is increased, and wherein if the previous operation is performed by the first module of the plurality of modules outside the expected response time, the number of available permits is maintained.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the configuration parameters include a parameter operable to direct the throttle to deny all calls made to the data source.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data source includes a plurality of data sources.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a call to access a data source;

accessing the at least one modified configuration parameter; and

denying all calls to the first data source based on the at least one modified configuration parameter.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the throttle coupled to the data source includes a plurality of throttles, each throttle of the plurality coupled to at least one of a plurality of data sources.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

modifying a first configuration parameter of the throttle associated with a first data source of the plurality.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first configuration parameter includes a setting operable to direct the throttle to deny all calls made to the first data source, and to direct the throttle to send calls made to the first data source to a second data source of the plurality.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer readable instructions that a cause a computer to effectuate operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a client, a request for configuration parameters of a throttle coupled to a data source;

transmitting, from a server, the configuration parameters of the throttle;

receiving, from the client, at least one modification to at least one configuration parameter;

updating the configuration parameters stored in a memory based on the at least one modification; and

applying the at least one modification to the at least one configuration parameter of the throttle during runtime operation of the server,

wherein the configuration parameters include;

a maximum number of permits to be issued by the throttle to a plurality of modules operable to perform an operation on the data source,

an expected response time for completing the operation on the data source, and

a number of available permits to assign to the plurality of modules, wherein if a previous operation is performed by a first module of the plurality of modules within the expected response time, the number of available permits is increased, and wherein if the previous operation is performed by the first module of the plurality of modules outside the expected response time, the number of available permits is maintained.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the configuration parameters include a parameter operable to direct the throttle to deny all calls made to the data source.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the data source includes a plurality of data sources.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein a throttle coupled to a data source includes a plurality of throttles, each throttle of the plurality coupled to at least one of a plurality of data sources.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, the operations further comprising:

modifying a first configuration parameter of the throttle associated with a first data source of the plurality.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first configuration parameter includes a setting operable to direct the throttle to deny all calls made to the first data source, and to direct the throttle to send calls made to the first data source to a second data source of the plurality.