Patent ID: 7716336
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of reserving resources in a massively parallel processing system comprising, the method on an information processing node comprising a scheduler, the information processing node communicatively coupled to a database and the massively parallel processing system, the method comprising: receiving a reservation request for reserving at least one resource within a massively parallel processing system comprising a plurality of resources comprising compute nodes, base partitions, switches, wires, and node cards; determining a reservation type associated with the reservation, wherein the reservation type is at least one of: a number of compute nodes specified for a particular network type from among a torus and a mesh, a base partition list specified for the particular network type, and a particular partition comprising a specified selection of compute nodes, switches, wires, and node cards specified for the particular network type; generating a set of requirements based on the reservation type; identifying a set of resources from among the plurality of resources for satisfying the set of requirements by: reserving the set of resources for the reservation request; and responsive to receiving a job bound to the reservation request;