Patent ID: 7743140
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for binding a process to a selected node in a multi-node system, the method comprising: a plurality of steps performed by a non-uniform memory access daemon executed by a processor in a computer, the plurality of steps comprising: retrieving input/output activity statistics for the process from a set of probes, wherein the set of probes detects a flow of data through an input/output device utilized by the process; identifying a topology of the multi-node system, wherein the topology comprises a location of the input/output device; selecting a node according to a decision policy to form the selected node, wherein the non-uniform memory access daemon uses the input/output activity statistics of the process and the topology of the multi-node system to identify the selected node that adheres to the decision, wherein the decision policy provides rules that define the selected node for binding the process to the selected node based on a rate of the flow of data generated by the process and based on a distribution of processor utilization across the multi-node system; and binding the process to the selected node according to the decision policy by loading and executing the process in the selected node.