Patent ID: 8086912

Claim:
A computing system, comprising: first computing resources representing a fraction of total computing resources; second computing resources representing at least a partial remainder of the total computing resources except for the first computing resources; and a memory unit, including a computer-readable medium having computer-readable executable instructions stored thereon that are accessible to at least the second computing resources, which, when executed, cause the second computing resources to execute an independent process, which is independent of a process running on the first computing resources, the independent process including: confirming that a valid time window for the monitoring is available in an event a current time is within a pre-selected day time window, monitoring the process running on the first computing resources in accordance with pre-selected parameters, determining within a given time interval that a potential lock or wait situation that impedes the process is in effect from a result of the monitoring, executing an action in response to the potential lock or wait situation, and repeating the detecting within the given time interval.