METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR USE OF SHARED RESOURCES IN A NETWORK

摘要

A method for, from a server, controlling transfers of jobs
from clients to shared resources in the network comprises
that a request for sending a job to a shared resource

selected by a client is received from the client and it is
checked continuously whether the resource is available and
has capacity by the moment for reception of jobs. A
go--ahead is sent immediately to the client that the client can
send the job to the resource if the resource is available
and has capacity by the moment. The request is placed in a
queue for the resource if the resource is available, but
for the moment lacks capacity, the queue is updated
continuously and a go-ahead is sent to the client that the
client can send the job to the resource when the request
has advanced to the first position in the queue and the
resource has capacity. The step of receiving a request is
followed by assigning an identity to the job, which is

sent to the client, and the identity is comprised in the
go-ahead sent to the client so that the client from said
identity can identify the job. A confirmation that the job
has been completed successfully by the resource or an
indication that the job has not been completed successfully
by the resource is received from the client, after which
the request is removed from the queue.