Patent ID: 8713287
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing, in a storage blade, indicators that indicate whether the storage blade is idle or below a programmable threshold in processing activity and whether there is enough available cache in the storage blade for executing a job; and determining whether to off-load at least one job from a processor blade to the storage blade, based on the stored indicators, wherein selected indicators set by the processor blade indicate: that the processor blade is transferring data and text of the at least one job of the processor blade to the storage blade; that an image of the at least one job of the processor blade has been completely sent by the processor blade, and the storage blade may execute the at least one job of the processor blade; and that the storage blade should transfer a final job image comprising results of processing the at least one job of the processor blade back to the processor blade.