Method and apparatus for managing reallocation of system resources

Abstract

A capability is provided for reallocating, to a first borrower that is requesting resources, resources presently allocated to a second borrower. A method for allocating a resource of a system includes receiving a request for a system resource allocation from a first borrower, determining a request priority of the first borrower based on a present resource allocation associated with the first borrower, determining a hold priority of a second borrower based on a present resource allocation associated with the second borrower, and determining, using the first borrower request priority and the second borrower hold priority, whether to reallocate any of the second borrower resource allocation to the first borrower.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application relates to the invention titled "Method and Apparatus for Hierarchical Management of System Resources (METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEM RESOURCES)" filed on March 16, 2010, with serial number 12 / 724,542 [attorney docket number No. 806814-US-NP], which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to system resources of a system, such as a network management system, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to the management of system resources. Background technique [0004] Network management systems (NMS) are used to manage many different types of communication networks. Typically, the NMS supports many network management functions for managing various aspects of the communication network. Various hardware and software resources of the NMS, such as processor threads, memory, etc., are used to provide ...

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Improper management of NMS resources often results in degradation of the NMS platform and thus, a poor experience for users of the NMS and customers of the communication network managed by the NMS

Furthermore, resource starvation, which may result from inappropriate management of NMS resources, may manifest itself in various ways that are difficult to correlate with actual problems, leaving virtually no visibility into the root cause of resource scarcity

Although NMS resource management schemes exist, these approaches only try to maintain a balance between system throughput and resource consumption, but do not provide resource management controls that can guarantee NMS performance, reliability, predictability, and scalability. Level (level of control)

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