Server-processor hybrid system for processing data

• US 10,171,566 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Moon J., Krishnamurthy, Rajaram B., Moulic, James R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ansari, Najeeb
• Application Number:
  US15/842,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20180109598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 383 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/509 Offload
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5005 to service a request
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

The present invention relates to a server-processor hybrid system that comprises (among other things) a set (one or more) of front-end servers (e.g., mainframes) and a set of back-end application optimized processors. Moreover, implementations of the invention provide a server and processor hybrid system and method for distributing and managing the execution of applications at a fine-grained level via an I/O-connected hybrid system. This method allows one system to be used to manage and control the system functions, and one or more other systems to co-processor.

Claims

1. A server-processor hybrid system for processing data, comprising:

a set of front-end servers configured to receive the data from an external source;

a set of back-end application optimized processors configured to receive the data from the set of front-end servers, process the data, and return processed data to the set of front-end servers; and

an interface within at least one of the set of front-end servers having a set of network interconnects, the interface connecting the set of front-end servers with the set of back-end application optimized processors, the interface configured to;

communicate the data received from the external source, from the set of front-end servers to the set of back-end application optimized processors by selectively invoking a push model or a pull model, and

communicate the processed data from the back-end application optimized processors to the set of front-end servers by selectively invoking the push model or the pull model,

wherein the push model is selectively invoked when the data to be transmitted has a predefined size, and

wherein the pull model is selectively invoked when the data to be transmitted does not have a predefined size.

2. The front-end server-processor hybrid system of claim 1, wherein the interface being an input/output (I/O) cage.

3. The front-end server-processor hybrid system of claim 1, wherein the interface being embodied each of the set of front-end servers.

4. The front-end server-processor hybrid system of claim 1, wherein each of the set of back-end application optimized processors comprising:

a power processing element (PPE);

an element interconnect bus (EIB) coupled to the PPE; and

a set of special purpose engines (SPEs) coupled to the EIB.

5. The front-end server-processor hybrid system of claim 4, wherein the set of SPEs being configured to process the data.

6. The front-end server-processor hybrid system of claim 1, further comprising a web content server, portal, an application, an application accelerator and a database accelerator.

7. The front-end server-processor hybrid system of claim 1, further comprising:

a staging storage device; and

a processed data storage device.

8. A method for processing data, comprising:

receiving the data from an external source on a front-end server;

sending the data from the front-end server to a back-end application optimized processor via an interface embodied in the front-end server, the interface having a set of network interconnects by selectively invoking a push model or a pull model,

wherein the push model is selectively invoked when the data to be transmitted has a predefined size, and

wherein the pull model is selectively invoked when the data to be transmitted does not have a predefined size;

processing the data on the back-end application optimized processor to yield processed data; and

receiving the processed data from the back-end application optimized processor on the front-end server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the interface being an input/output (I/O) cage.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the back-end application optimized processor comprising:

a power processing element (PPE);

an element interconnect bus (EIB) coupled to the PPE; and

a set of special purpose engines (SPEs) coupled to the EIB.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the set of SPEs being configured to process the data.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising a web content server, portal, an application, an application accelerator and a database accelerator.

13. A method for deploying a server-processor hybrid system for processing data, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being configured to;

receive the data from an external source on a front-end server;

send the data from the front-end server to a back-end application optimized processor via an interface embodied in the front-end server, the interface having a set of network interconnects by selectively invoking a push model or a pull model,

wherein the push model is selectively invoked when the data to be transmitted has a predefined size, and

wherein the pull model is selectively invoked when the data to be transmitted does not have a predefined size;

process the data on the back-end application optimized processor to yield processed data; and

receive the processed data from the back-end application optimized processor on the front-end server.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the interface being an input/output (I/O) cage.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the interface being embodied in at least one of the set of front-end servers.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the back-end application optimized processor comprising:

a power processing element (PPE);

an element interconnect bus (EIB) coupled to the PPE; and

a set of special purpose engines (SPEs) coupled to the EIB.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the set of SPEs being configured to process the data.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

a staging storage device; and

a processed data storage device.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising a web content server, portal, an application, an application accelerator and a database accelerator.