发明名称 |
Block allocation times in a computer system |
摘要 |
A method and apparatus improves the block allocation time in a parallel computer system. A pre-load controller pre-loads blocks of hardware in a supercomputer cluster in anticipation of demand from a user application. In the preferred embodiments the pre-load controller determines when to pre-load the compute nodes and the block size to allocate the nodes based on pre-set parameters and previous use of the computer system. Further, in preferred embodiments each block of compute nodes in the parallel computer system has a stored hardware status to indicate whether the block is being pre-loaded, or already has been pre-loaded. In preferred embodiments, the hardware status is stored in a database connected to the computer's control system. In other embodiments, the compute nodes are remote computers in a distributed computer system.
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申请公布号 |
US7516108(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.04.07 |
申请号 |
US20050316247 |
申请日期 |
2005.12.22 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
BRYANT JAY SYMMES;KOLZ DANIEL PAUL;PATEL DHARMESH J. |
分类号 |
G06E1/00;G06E3/00;G06F15/18 |
主分类号 |
G06E1/00 |
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