WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

A system for managing a workload in a heterogeneous environment comprising at least one application, an interoperability layer for inter-application communication, and at least one adapter for connecting the at least one application to the interoperability layer, is disclosed. Such a system includes...

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Main Authors FEIST BORIS, BIRKLER KHIRALLAH, OBERHOFER MARTIN, WILMS TORSTEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.05.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A system for managing a workload in a heterogeneous environment comprising at least one application, an interoperability layer for inter-application communication, and at least one adapter for connecting the at least one application to the interoperability layer, is disclosed. Such a system includes a self-adapting application connector management component which includes the following: a monitoring component for monitoring the performance and workload characteristics of one or more applications and/or one or more adapters; a computing component for computing a configuration change based on the monitored performance and workload characteristics; a change component for changing the configuration of the one or more adapters in accordance with the computed configuration change; and a change component for changing the configuration of the one or more applications in accordance with the computed configuration change.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113235303