Red Hat, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Bradley Dale Childs

Huamin Chen

Rhonda L Childress

David B Kumhyr

Stewart Jason Hyman

Joann Huffman

Stephen James Watt

Paul Morie

Stehen James Watt

Implementing a base set of data storage features for containers across multiple cloud computing environments. A container specification analyzer receives a container specification that identifies a container to be initiated, a volume to be mounted, and a native device driver to communicate with to facilitate mounting the volume. The container specification analyzer changes the container specification to generate an updated container specification that identifies a pass-through device driver to communicate with in lieu of the native device driver and identifies pass-through device driver data that identifies a data storage feature to be performed on data destined for the native device driver. The container specification analyzer returns the updated container specification for processing by a container initiator.

Implementing a base set of data storage features for containers across multiple cloud computing environments

An access control system includes a memory, a processor, a host operating system (OS) executing on the processor, a container on the host OS, and a security manager running on the host OS. The container has a set of access control rules and includes a containerized utility. The security manager receives a request to run the utility to complete a transaction, retrieves credentials associated with the user, and determines a status of the credentials. The status of the credentials is privileged if the credentials are included in the set of access control rules and is non-privileged if the credentials are not included in the access control rules. Responsive to determining the status as privileged, the security manager executes an RBD command for the transaction to obtain a target RBD image, retrieves the target RBD image, and records the transaction.

Method of managing system utilities access control

Various examples are directed to systems and methods for executing a computing job at a computing node of a distributed computing system. A node controller may receive computing job request data from a system controller. The node controller may send job start data to a shared resource provider. The shared resource provider may mount a shared resource for the computing job indicated by the computing job request data. The node controller may send a heartbeat message to the system controller and receive from the system controller an acknowledgement message referencing the heartbeat message. The system controller may send to the shared resource provider, a job stop command. In response to the job stop command, the shared resource provider may dismount the shared resource.

Shared resource management

A management server may receive a first application programming interface (API) call from a client device, and determine a first API difference value between a revenue resulting from an execution of the first API call and an amount of resources to be involved in the execution of the first API call. The management server may also calculate an average difference value of API calls received from the client device in view of the first API difference value and previous API difference values determined for previous API calls received from the client device. The management server may further determine whether the average difference value satisfies a threshold. In response to determining that the average difference value satisfies the threshold, the management server may allow the API call. In response to determining that the average difference value does not satisfy the threshold, the management server may reject the first API call.

Adaptive balancing of application programming interface calls of cloud tenants

Methods, systems, and media to improve polling accuracy in RFID systems are disclosed. Embodiments comprise receiving information from one or more tags by a tag reader, comparing the information from the tags to other information, and adding the tag to an inventory if the tag does not exist in the other information. While some embodiments compare the tag information from the tags to baseline inventories for other areas, some embodiments compare it to current inventories for the other areas or compare it to a combination of both inventories. Some embodiments involve polling RFID tags in storage containers. Other embodiments involve machine-accessible mediums with instructions to receive information from the tag reader, analyze the information with baseline and current inventories of other areas, and store identification information for the tag in a current inventory database if the information is absent from the baseline and current inventories.

Methods and systems to improve RFID inventory polling accuracy

Container manifests are tracked using a radio frequency identification (RFID) contents reader affixed to a container in which a plurality of RFID-tagged items are disposed, the contents reader being configured to collect and store identification information from all of the tagged items; and using an active RFID tag emulator affixed to the container which responds to an external reader activation code by receiving the collected information from the affixed RFID contents reader, and by transmitting the identification information to the external reader.

Container manifest integrity maintenance system and method

A method to improve polling accuracy in RFID systems is disclosed. Embodiments comprise receiving information from one or more tags by a tag reader, comparing the information from the tags to other information, and adding the tag to an inventory if the tag does not exist in the other information. While some embodiments compare the tag information from the tags to baseline inventories for other areas, some embodiments compare it to current inventories for the other areas or compare it to a combination of both inventories. Some embodiments involve polling RFID tags in storage containers.

A system, method, and medium for tracking the contents of a container in which the items stored in the container are provided with radio frequency identification ('RFID') tags, and a tracker affixed to the container periodically polls the items in the container to collect identification information. An electronic manifest, also attached to the container, is updated periodically to reflect items which have been added to the container or removed from the container since the last polling. The tracker emulates an RFID tag when polled by an external reader, responding by uploading the entire electronic manifest to the external reader. The external reader and the affixed reader preferably utilize distinct RFID protocols so as to produce a hierarchical manifest data structure with high integrity.

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Bradley Dale Childs