Patent ID: 6745312
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
A method for managing a resource of a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a plurality of partitions and a portion of the resource is assigned to each of the plurality of partitions, the method comprising:obtaining one or more measurements for each of one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions, wherein the one or more measurements for each respective partition relates to a rate at which the portion of the resource assigned to the respective partition is being used; identifying one or more values for each of the one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions, wherein the one or more values for each respective partition are identified from a plurality of predetermined values; computing a result for each of the one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions, wherein the result for each respective partition represents a degree to which computing performance in the respective partition is being degraded due to a lack of the resource, and wherein the result for each respective partition is computed based on the one or more measurements and the one or more values of the respective partition; and storing the result for each of the one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions.