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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Linwood Hugh Overby, Jr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Balachandar Rajaraman, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems (apparatus) and computer program products are provided which control access to a shared resource in a data processing system by predicting utilization of the shared resource based upon historical utilization of the shared resource. Users of the shared resource are then notified of a potential shortage of the shared resource if the prediction predicts that the shared resource will be over-utilized. The prediction may utilize a linear extrapolation to predict future utilization of the share resource. Furthermore, the interval between predictions of the future utilization may be based on time, number of utilization events or a combination of the two.