PARALLEL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE FOR LICENSE METRICS SOFTWARE

摘要

In one embodiment, in accordance with the present invention, a method for parallel collection of software license metrics comprises receiving, by one or more processors at a host computer, a software asset management request; interpreting, by one or more processors at the host computer, the software asset management request to generate queries; transmitting, by one or more processors at the host computer, the generated queries to designated network endpoints; receiving, by one or more processors at the host computer, partial results transmitted to the host computer by processing units which form a subset of the network endpoints; and merging, by one or more processors at the host computer, the partial results to form a final response to the received software asset management request.

主权项

1. A method for parallel collection of software license metrics, the method comprising:
receiving, by a designated network endpoint, a software asset management request, wherein the software asset management request is also received by a plurality of non-designated network endpoints; identifying, by the designated network endpoint, first asset data that is relevant in responding to the software asset management request, wherein the first asset data pertains to the designated network endpoint and is stored on the designated network endpoint; receiving, by the designated network endpoint, second asset data that is relevant in responding to the software asset management request, wherein the second asset data pertains to the plurality of non-designated network endpoints and is received from the plurality of non-designated network endpoints; calculating, by the designated network endpoint, a result of the software asset management request from the identified first asset data and the received second asset data; and sending, by the designated network endpoint, the calculated result to a host computer.