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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lance Bragstad, Pine Island, MN (US);

Michael J. Branson, Rochester, MN (US);

Bin Cao, Rochester, MN (US);

James E. Carey, Rochester, MN (US);

Mathew R. Odden, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/04 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/50 (2013.01); G06F 11/32 (2013.01); G06F 11/3404 (2013.01); G06F 11/3442 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 41/5025 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2201/81 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01);
Abstract

Performance thresholds are defined for operators in a flow graph for a streaming application. A streams manager deploys the flow graph to one or more virtual machines (VMs). The performance of each portion of the flow graph on each VM is monitored. A VM is selected. When the performance of the portion of the flow graph in the selected VM does not satisfy the defined performance threshold(s), a determination is made regarding whether the portion of the flow graph is underperforming or overperforming. When the portion of the flow graph is underperforming, the portion of the flow graph is split into multiple portions that are implemented on multiple VMs. When the portion of the flow graph is overperforming, a determination is made of whether a neighbor VM is also overperforming. When a neighbor VM is also overperforming, the two VMs may be coalesced into a single VM.


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