Patent ID: 8984521
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for improving computer system performance, comprising: receiving at least one service task from a client; assigning said received service task to a service class; for said service class, determining an allowed occupancy rate with reference to a total available occupancy rate, wherein said allowed occupancy rate is an allowed average number of tasks simultaneously served by its own control block, and wherein said control block is one of a collection of interchangeable resources to be associated with a single task; acquiring at least one control block for said at least one received task; and controlling a release of a control block for processing of a received task so that an actual tenancy rate for said service class is in compliance with said allowed occupancy rate, wherein an availability of the control block to be released for processing of the received task is dynamically monitored and update, separately for different service classes, in response to completion of tasks by said control block.