Patent ID: 8201173
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a pre-started job from among a plurality of pre-started jobs in which to perform a task in a non-uniform access computer system, the method comprising: receiving a connection corresponding to an attempt to perform the task; comparing information associated with the connection to information associated with the plurality of pre-started jobs; in response to comparing the information associated with the connection to the information associated with the plurality of pre-started jobs, determining a first pre-started job from among the plurality of pre-started jobs that was previously used to perform the task; and in response to determining that the first pre-started job that was previously used to perform the task is busy, selecting a second pre-started job from among the plurality of pre-started jobs in which to perform the task, wherein comparing the information associated with the connection to the information associated with the plurality of pre-started jobs further comprises: