Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac – Task management or control – Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
2004-01-14
2009-06-23
An, Meng-Ai (Department: 2195)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac
Task management or control
Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
active
07552437
ABSTRACT:
An application profile expresses the operational requirements of an application across multiple heterogeneous resource platforms and expresses the priority of modular breakdown of an application so that usage of resources by the application can be adjusted when suboptimal conditions are detected for the application. The application is submitted to at least one resource node from among multiple resource nodes within a grid environment. Then, a management agent monitors a performance status of the at least one resource node. The management agent compares the performance status with an operational requirement specified for the platform of the at least one resource node in the application profile. If the performance status does not meet the operational requirement, then the management agent adjusts the use by the application the resource nodes according to the application profile, such that the application continues to operate when suboptimal conditions arise in a grid environment.
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Di Luoffo Vincent Valentino
Fellenstein Craig
Hamilton, II Rick Allen
Joseph Joshy
An Meng-Ai
International Business Machines - Corporation
Pattillo Amy J.
Steinberg William H.
Zhe Mengyao
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