Abstract:
Determining a cache hit ratio of a caching device analytically and precisely. There is provided a cache hit ratio estimating apparatus for estimating the cache hit ratio of a caching device, caching access target data accessed by a requesting device, including: an access request arrival frequency obtaining section for obtaining an average arrival frequency measured for access requests for each of the access target data; an access request arrival probability density function generating section for generating an access request arrival probability density function which is a probability density function of arrival time intervals of access requests for each of the access target data on the basis of the average arrival frequency of access requests for the access target data; and a cache hit ratio estimation function generating section for generating an estimation function for the cache hit ratio for each of the access target data on the basis of the access request arrival probability density function for the plurality of the access target data.
Abstract:
A method and system for enhancing the execution performance of program code. An analysis of the program code is used to generate code usage information for each code module. For each module, the code usage information is used to determine whether the code module should be separated from its original module container. If so, the code module is migrated to a new module container, and the code module in the original module container is replaced with a reference to the code module in the new module container.
Abstract:
A method, system and computer-usable medium for attributing memory usage are presented. The method includes the steps of creating an object graph of a portion of a memory heap, wherein the object graph includes nodes that represent objects and associated properties of the objects, and wherein the object graph includes connectors that represent relationships between the objects in the memory heap; observing nodes in one or more subgraphs of the object graph, wherein the nodes represent objects that are selected for observation by a pre-determined criteria; searching for characteristic node properties of nodes that are sampled, from the subgraph, for observation; searching for characteristic topological properties of the subgraph that sampled nodes participate in; and applying a set of pre-determined domain-specific pattern matching filters to the node characteristic properties and the topological characteristic properties to attribute memory usage to a proper software component in a system.
Abstract:
A digital system and method of operation is provided in which several processors (400[]) are connected to a shared resource (432). Each processor has a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) (310[]) that contains recently used page entries that each includes an access priority value. Access priority values are assigned to regions of address space, typically pages, according to the program or data that is stored on a given page. Access priority values are maintained in page tables with address translations, such that when a translated page address is loaded into a TLB, the access priority associated with that page is included in the TLB page entry. Arbitration circuitry (430) is connected to receive a request signal from each processor along with an access priority value (353[]) from each TLB in response to the requested address. The arbitration circuitry is operable to schedule access to the shared resource according to the access priority values provided by the TLBs.
Abstract:
A recording medium which is readable by a computer stores a performance analyzing program for searching for a node that is peculiar in performance in a cluster system, as well as unknown problems. The performance analyzing program enables the computer to function as various functional units. A performance data analyzing unit collects performance data of nodes which make up the cluster system from performance data storage unit for storing a plurality of types of performance data of the nodes, and analyzes performance values of the nodes based on the collected performance data. A classifying unit classifies the nodes into a plurality of groups by statistically processing the performance data collected by the performance data analyzing unit according to a predetermined classifying condition. A group performance value calculating unit statistically processes the performance data of the respective groups based on the performance data of the nodes classified into the groups, and calculates statistic values for the respective types of the performance data of the groups. A performance data comparison display unit displays the statistic values of the groups for the respective types of the performance data for comparison between the groups.
Abstract:
A storage system having a cluster configuration that prevents a load from concentrating on a certain storage node and enhances access performance is disclosed. The storage system is provided with plural storage adaptors having a cache memory for storing data read/written according to an I/O request from a host and a device for holding the data stored in the cache memory, means for connecting an external storage having a logical device that handles the read/written data and a cache memory to the storage adaptor, means for monitoring and grasping a usage situation of each cache memory of the plural storage adaptors and means for referring to information of the usage situation of each cache memory acquired by the grasping means and selecting any of the storage adaptors so that usage of each cache memory is equalized, and the logical device of the external storage is controlled by the storage adaptor selected by the selection means via connection means.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus having a memory operable with a virtualised RAID controller to determine an optimum I/O configuration by testing performance characteristics of a plurality of I/O operations.
Abstract:
System, method and program for managing a storage server comprising first and second clusters of storage controllers. The first cluster comprises one or more storage controllers each controlling one or more storage arrays. The first cluster also comprises a first cache memory and a first nonvolatile storage (“NVS”) shared by the one or more storage controllers of the first cluster. The second cluster comprises one or more storage controllers each controlling one or more storage arrays. The second cluster also comprises a second cache memory and a second nonvolatile storage shared by the one or more storage controllers of the second cluster. There is monitoring of an amount of time that data controlled by each of the clusters is held in the cache memory of the cluster before being outpaged to the storage arrays. There is monitoring of an amount of requests to access storage arrays of a cluster that were delayed due to insufficient NVS. A level of impairment of access to each of the storage arrays is determined based on the amount of time that data controlled by each of the clusters was held in the cache memory of the cluster before being outpaged to the storage arrays, and the amount of requests to access the storage arrays of a cluster that were delayed due to insufficient NVS. When access to a storage array is excessively impaired, data is moved from the access-impaired storage array to another storage array with a lower level of access impairment.
Abstract:
A system and method for filtering collected data in connection with tracking the use of resources of a computer is disclosed. Embodiments of the system comprise a plurality of client computers, wherein each computer has one or more resources that the system tracks; a client application for each client computer, each client application for collecting utilization duration data relating to the utilization of the resources of the application's corresponding client computer; an application server for receiving the utilization duration data collected by the client applications and for storing the received data in a storage structure; wherein each client application has a filter for filtering data collected by the client application. Embodiments of the method comprise identifying an instance when a particular software resource is used; measuring and recording a period relating to the detected utilization of the software resource; wherein the period is an estimated duration of the utilization of the software resource.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus having a memory operable with a virtualised RAID controller to determine an optimum I/O configuration by testing performance characteristics of a plurality of I/O operations.