Patent ID: 9182807
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for conserving resources in a multi-processor computing environment, the method comprising: monitoring, by a data processing system, usage of one or more processors in a multi-processor computing environment over a plurality of periodic intervals, wherein each periodic interval has a number of active-busy processors and a number of active-idle processors; determining, for each periodic interval, from the monitoring, a delta value representing a change in the number of active-busy processors during the respective interval; maintaining a sorted list of delta values; determining, from the sorted list, using a configurable quantile and a configurable confidence, a predicted delta value for a subsequent interval; and causing a number of processors in the multi-processor computing environment to transition between a non-active state and an active-idle state, wherein the number of processors transitioned is based on the predicted delta value.