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20120089774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING ADJACENT TRACK ERASURE IN HARD DISK DRIVES - A method, system, and computer program product for mitigating adjacent track erasures in hard disks, includes: determining input/output (I/O) characteristics for a plurality of blocks on a hard disk; assigning the plurality of blocks to a plurality of categories of I/O characteristics by the processor; and clustering content of the blocks assigned to the same category in one or more continuous tracks on the hard disk. Each block is assigned to one category. Blocks with similar I/O characteristics are clustered on one or more continuous tracks. By performing this clustering, blocks with a high number of I/O operations are grouped and stored on fewer tracks than if they were scattered across numerous tracks. This reduces the number of tracks experiencing a high number of I/O operations, and in turn, the amount of refreshing of adjacent tracks is reduced. | 04-12-2012 |
20120113786 | SMART OPTIMIZATION OF TRACKS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING - Optimization of tracks on a hard disk includes: determining I/O characteristics for data clusters to be stored on the hard disk; generating a set of solutions for each possible placement configuration; for each solution, calculating a plurality of cost functions using the I/O characteristics for the plurality of data clusters; for each solution, calculating a membership value using the cost function values; for each solution, calculating a fitness value using the membership value; retaining the solutions with the fitness value greater than a predetermined threshold; determining whether at least one stopping condition has been met; if not, adding new solutions to the retained solutions to generate the next set of solutions; and repeating the calculating the membership value, the calculating the fitness value, and the retaining the solutions with the fitness value greater than the predetermined threshold until at least one stopping condition has been met. | 05-10-2012 |
20120226874 | CHARACTERIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF TRACKS ON DISKS - Embodiment of the invention related to characterization and optimization of tracks on a disk, magnetic or optical by determining an input/output (I/O) characteristics for a plurality of blocks on a disk by a processor, wherein the characteristics comprise at least one of a data size or data type or an association between the data files, and determining a plurality of parameters affecting operation performed on the disk for placement of the plurality of data clusters. | 09-06-2012 |
20130293980 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING ADJACENT TRACK ERASURE IN HARD DISK DRIVES - A method, system, and computer program product for mitigating adjacent track erasures in hard disks, includes: determining input/output (I/O) characteristics for a plurality of blocks on a hard disk; assigning the plurality of blocks to a plurality of categories of I/O characteristics by the processor; and clustering content of the blocks assigned to the same category in one or more continuous tracks on the hard disk. Each block is assigned to one category. Blocks with similar I/O characteristics are clustered on one or more continuous tracks. By performing this clustering, blocks with a high number of I/O operations are grouped and stored on fewer tracks than if they were scattered across numerous tracks. This reduces the number of tracks experiencing a high number of I/O operations, and in turn, the amount of refreshing of adjacent tracks is reduced. | 11-07-2013 |
20130293981 | SMART OPTIMIZATION OF TRACKS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING - Optimization of tracks on a hard disk includes: determining I/O characteristics for data clusters to be stored on the hard disk; generating a set of solutions for each possible placement configuration; for each solution, calculating a plurality of cost functions using the I/O characteristics for the plurality of data clusters; for each solution, calculating a membership value using the cost function values; for each solution, calculating a fitness value using the membership value; retaining the solutions with the fitness value greater than a predetermined threshold; determining whether at least one stopping condition has been met; if not, adding new solutions to the retained solutions to generate the next set of solutions; and repeating the calculating the membership value, the calculating the fitness value, and the retaining the solutions with the fitness value greater than the predetermined threshold until at least one stopping condition has been met. | 11-07-2013 |
20140289245 | OPTIMIZING A CLUSTERED VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for optimizing a clustered virtual computing environment. In exemplary embodiments, performance attributes are identified for a set of operating devices within the clustered virtual computing environment. Historical data of the identified performance attributes is obtained to create a historical data repository. A rulebase is developed using the historical data repository and input from user. A combined correlation pattern repository is generated using a first correlation pattern, a second correlation pattern and a scale-time invariant weight fraction. | 09-25-2014 |
20140380174 | OPTIMIZING A CLUSTERED VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for optimizing a clustered virtual computing environment. In exemplary embodiments, performance attributes are identified for a set of operating devices within the clustered virtual computing environment. Historical data of the identified performance attributes is obtained to create a historical data repository. A rulebase is developed using the historical data repository and input from user. A combined correlation pattern repository is generated using a first correlation pattern, a second correlation pattern and a scale-time invariant weight fraction. | 12-25-2014 |
20150032283 | DATA CENTER COOLING - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques of monitoring and controlling temperature in a data center having a plurality of systems. Operating parameters of one or more cooling devices in the data center may be dynamically adjusted based on characteristics of the data center. An associated method may include monitoring in real time temperature and data flow patterns with respect to the systems in a zone of the data center, computing an optimal temperature based on the real time data and historical data collected in a repository, and activating one or more cooling devices in the zone upon determining that the temperature in the zone exceeds a predefined threshold. | 01-29-2015 |
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20130282705 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ANALYTICS - A method which on determination of an entity replacement request is configured to identify an optimized entity as a replacement based on a predefined set of metadata, wherein the metadata comprises a profile associated with the entity, wherein the profile of the entity is further based on a graph, such as a graphical representation of social links, associated with the entity; and provide the optimized entity as a replacement for the entity to be replaced. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282743 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ANALYTICS - A computer program product and system, which on determination of an entity replacement request is configured to identify an optimized entity as a replacement based on a predefined set of metadata, wherein the metadata comprises a profile associated with the entity, wherein the profile of the entity is further based on a graph, such as a graphical representation of social links, associated with the entity; and provide the optimized entity as a replacement for the entity to be replaced. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 10-24-2013 |
20140189196 | DETERMINING WEIGHT VALUES FOR STORAGE DEVICES IN A STORAGE TIER TO USE TO SELECT ONE OF THE STORAGE DEVICES TO USE AS A TARGET STORAGE TO WHICH DATA FROM A SOURCE STORAGE IS MIGRATED - The present invention relates to a method, system, and computer program product for determining storage device weight values to use to select one of the storage devices to use as a target storage to which data from a source storage is migrated. A determination is made, for each of the storage devices, of static parameter values for static parameters comprising attributes of the storage device and dynamic parameter values for dynamic parameters providing device health information determined by accessing the storage device to determine operational conditions at the storage device. Storage device weight values are determined as a function of the static parameter values and the dynamic parameter values of the device. The determined storage device weight values are used to select one of the storage devices as the target storage to which data from the source storage is migrated. | 07-03-2014 |
20150205533 | DETERMINING WEIGHT VALUES FOR STORAGE DEVICES IN A STORAGE TIER TO USE TO SELECT ONE OF THE STORAGE DEVICES TO USE AS A TARGET STORAGE TO WHICH DATA FROM A SOURCE STORAGE IS MIGRATED - The present invention relates to a method, system, and computer program product for determining storage device weight values to use to select one of the storage devices to use as a target storage to which data from a source storage is migrated. A determination is made, for each of the storage devices, of static parameter values for static parameters comprising attributes of the storage device and dynamic parameter values for dynamic parameters providing device health information determined by accessing the storage device to determine operational conditions at the storage device. Storage device weight values are determined as a function of the static parameter values and the dynamic parameter values of the device. The determined storage device weight values are used to select one of the storage devices as the target storage to which data from the source storage is migrated. | 07-23-2015 |
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20130006681 | HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYTICS WITH PROFILE DATA - A method, computer program product, and system for human resource analytics using profile data is described. The method includes receiving historical project data, wherein the historical project data includes at least one profile of at least one historical project team member. Psychometric data associated with the at least one historical project team member is received. Updated historical project data is generated, in which, at least in part, psychometric data associated with the at least one historical project team member is added to the at least one profile included in the historical project data. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006685 | HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYTICS WITH PROFILE DATA - A method, computer program product, and system for human resource analytics using profile data is described. The method includes receiving historical project data, wherein the historical project data includes at least one profile of at least one historical project team member. Psychometric data associated with the at least one historical project team member is received. Updated historical project data is generated, in which, at least in part, psychometric data associated with the at least one historical project team member is added to the at least one profile included in the historical project data. | 01-03-2013 |
20140052429 | PROACTIVE DATA CENTER COOLING - A mechanism is provided to optimize cooling of a data center having a plurality of computer systems. A dataset is classified into a plurality of data storage regions hosted by at least one of the plurality of computer systems. A plurality of cooling devices is grouped into groups. Each group of the plurality of cooling devices cools at least one of the plurality of data storage regions. The classified dataset is analyzed to identify one of the plurality of data storage regions having heat-intensive data. An operating parameter is selectively adjusted for one of the group of the plurality of cooling devices that corresponds to cooling the identified one of the plurality of data storage regions having the heat-intensive data. | 02-20-2014 |
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20140297352 | USER SEGMENTATION FOR COST-BASED DEPLOYMENT OF ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE - Described herein, is a method for user segmentation for cost-based deployment of enterprise infrastructure. According to an implementation, for each of the users, a user fingerprint (UFP) score set comprising rating scores that quantify levels of enterprise-level needs of the each user is determined. For each of deployment solutions of the enterprise, a deployment fingerprint (DFP) score set comprising rating scores that quantify levels of capabilities of the each deployment solution enabled to meet enterprise-level needs of the users is determined. The users are grouped into user segments based on the UFP score sets of the users. A definition of each of the user segments is determined. The definition is indicative of a user whose enterprise-level needs define characteristics of the corresponding user segment. A number of user segments is found based on a cost associated with the deployment solutions for the user segments. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297841 | MONITORING SOLUTIONS FOR A COMPUTING-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE - Systems and methods for generating and implementing monitoring solutions for a computing-based infrastructure are described. In one implementation, at least one monitoring objective is obtained, wherein the monitoring objectives are based on service related requirements associated with one or more computing systems within the computing-based infrastructure. Once the monitoring objectives are obtained, a plurality of monitoring elements are received, wherein the monitoring elements include attributes associated with the one or more systems. Based on the monitoring objectives and the monitoring elements, a monitoring solution is generated. | 10-02-2014 |
20150113008 | PROVIDING AUTOMATABLE UNITS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT - The present subject matter relates to providing automated units for infrastructure support. In an example, an operation log having information pertaining to actions performed to resolve a ticket, may be filtered based on filtering attributes. The filtering attributes may aid in selection of content relevant for identifying an automatable unit from the operation log. The automatable unit may be one of a standard operator unit and a control flow unit. The content may be further analyzed to generate the automatable unit. The content may be analyzed using one of a sequence mining technique and a graph mining technique. Further, the automatable unit may be provided in a support service knowledgebase accessible by the users for dynamically resolving tickets similar to the ticket. | 04-23-2015 |
20150143090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND EXECUTING SERVICES - Systems and methods for configuring and executing services are disclosed. A plurality of services and a plurality of technology services are configured based on information stored in a knowledge repository. The plurality of services and the plurality of technology services correspond to a plurality of messages. The service is configured for a technology service. The configuration comprises transformation, validation and operation data, a service adapter and tools associated with each service and a plurality of operations to be performed by the tools corresponding to each service. Based on the configuration, a first service and a first operation identified corresponding to a first message. The first message is routed to the first service identified and the first operation is performed by invoking a first tool. After performing the operation, a second message is sent to identify the second service. Subsequently, the second service performs a second operation by invoking a second tool and sends result to the first service. The first service sends the results to the user. | 05-21-2015 |
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20110213885 | Automating Application Provisioning for Heterogeneous Datacenter Environments - Disclosed are methods and systems to automate the provisioning and deployment of application instances within a heterogeneous data center. In one embodiment, the application provisioning is performed based upon a blueprint and deployment model defining requirements of the provisioned application. In another embodiment, the totality of available resources for provisioning is divided into different segments. When resources are requested and assigned to an incoming provisioning request, the resource pool may be refreshed or augmented as defined by thresholds or forecasting of user needs. The resource pool may be refreshed by recapturing allocated resources that are no longer in use or by configuring resources taken from the reserve. Further, when reserve resources are not available or are below a minimum reserve threshold, capacity planning actions may be initiated or advised. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213886 | Intelligent and Elastic Resource Pools for Heterogeneous Datacenter Environments - Disclosed are methods and systems for intelligent resource pool management of heterogeneous datacenter resources. In one embodiment, intelligent resource pool management is utilized to assist in application provisioning performed based upon a blueprint and deployment model defining requirements of the provisioned application. In other embodiments, intelligent resource pool managers are configured to work in concert with other intelligent resource pool managers and/or a centralized provisioning engine. Resource pools may also be configured in a hierarchical manner whereby higher level resource pools may automatically draw resources from lower level resource pools as directed by one or more intelligent resource pool managers. | 09-01-2011 |
20110321033 | Application Blueprint and Deployment Model for Dynamic Business Service Management (BSM) - Disclosed are systems and methods for model based provisioning of applications and servers (both physical and virtual) to execute provisioned applications in a reliable and repeatable manner. Several aspects of a complex application management including compliance, change tracking, monitoring, discovery, processing steps, CMDB integration are disclosed within a comprehensive hierarchy of definition templates forming a model. This model can then be used at provisioning time to instantiate a compliant instance of the provisioned application. This model can also be used at run-time for managing run-time aspects of the provisioned application. Additionally, the model based approach can help track applications even when or if applications drift from their intended design and policies for use. | 12-29-2011 |
20130262680 | DYNAMIC SERVICE RESOURCE CONTROL - The embodiments may provide a data processing apparatus for controlling service resource allocation. The data processing apparatus including a resource hints controller configured to obtain a resource control request before a task is to be executed on a virtual machine having resources allocated to a processing unit, a memory unit and a storage unit. The resource hints controller is configured to obtain a usage of the resources allocated to at least one of the processing unit, the memory unit and the storage unit of the virtual machine, and increase the resources allocated to the at least one of the processing unit, the memory unit and the storage unit in response to the resource control request based on the usage being equal to or above a threshold level. | 10-03-2013 |