Patent ID: 8707310
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: for each particular job within a batch comprising a plurality of jobs, performing, by a computer system: if the computer system determines that estimated processing times for all jobs in the batch are greater than the first maximum time value, causing the first processing element to not process any jobs at least until a new job is added to the batch; if the computer system determines that an estimated processing time for a first job in the batch is greater than the first maximum time value, determining, by the computer system, whether the estimated processing time for the first job is not greater than one or more other maximum time values associated with one or more other processing elements in the plurality of processing elements; and if the computer system determines that the estimated processing time for the first job is greater than each of the one or more maximum time values associated with the one or more other processing elements, processing, by the computer system, the job with a second processing element that is associated with a maximum time value of infinity.