Patent ID: 7821944

Claim:
A method of managing packet traffic in a data processing network, the network being comprised of a plurality of nodes interconnected via an interconnect comprising a plurality of switches and interconnecting links, the method comprising: collecting data, by a node, indicative of the amount of packet traffic traversing selected links; identifying, from the collected data, a heavily used link; analyzing the collected data for the heavily used link to identify a source node and a destination node combination that contributes to the traffic on the heavily used link; and migrating a process associated with the identified source node and destination node combination wherein packets generated by the migrated process traverse a path from source to destination that consists of links other than the heavily used link; wherein migrating a process associated with the identified source node and destination node combination includes migrating the process to a different source node, wherein a path connecting the different source node and the destination node does not include the heavily used link.