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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Peter J. Hancock, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Lee B. Hansen, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Daniel J. Lenz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Hans C. Mikkelsen, Afton, MN (US);
Ronald S. Tanning, Roseville, MN (US);
Peter J. Hancock, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Lee B. Hansen, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Daniel J. Lenz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Hans C. Mikkelsen, Afton, MN (US);
Ronald S. Tanning, Roseville, MN (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for scaling the performance of a data processing system is disclosed. According to one method, a level of system performance is purchased for use with the data processing system. This purchased performance level is described in Millions of Instructions Per Second (MIPS) or a similar unit of measure. A system administrator selects which resources within the data processing system will be enabled, as well as how those resources will be configured. The enabled system resources will include one or more instruction processors. The performance of each of the enabled processors is then scaled to achieve the purchased system performance level. Performance scaling is performed in a manner that takes into account characteristics associated with the selected configuration as well as the system architecture.