Analysis and visualization of cluster resource utilization

US8990551B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990551-B2
Application numberUS-88385910-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 16, 2010
Priority dateSep 16, 2010
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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An analysis and visualization depicts how an application is leveraging processor cores of a distributed computing system, such as a computer cluster, in time. The analysis and visualization enables a developer to readily identify the degree of concurrency exploited by an application at runtime and the amount of overhead used by libraries or middleware. Information regarding processes or threads running on the nodes over time is received, analyzed, and presented to indicate portions of computer cluster that are used by the application, idle, other processes, and libraries in the system. The analysis and visualization can help a developer understand or confirm contention for or under-utilization of system resources for the application and libraries.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: receiving a representative number of at least an amount of available cores in nodes of a distributed computing system; receiving a plurality of event provider records including context switch records and runtime provider records, wherein context switch records are analyzed to determine a representative number of the cores used to perform at least one selected process over a course of time, and wherein the runtime provider records are…

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What does patent US8990551B2 cover?
An analysis and visualization depicts how an application is leveraging processor cores of a distributed computing system, such as a computer cluster, in time. The analysis and visualization enables a developer to readily identify the degree of concurrency exploited by an application at runtime and the amount of overhead used by libraries or middleware. Information regarding processes or threads…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Shafi Hazim, Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/5011. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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