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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Nedumaran Palani Kumanan, Cortland Manor, NY (US);
Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, White Plains, NY (US);
Edith Gail Schonberg, New York, NY (US);
Gary Seth Sevitsky, New York, NY (US);
Nedumaran Palani Kumanan, Cortland Manor, NY (US);
Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, White Plains, NY (US);
Edith Gail Schonberg, New York, NY (US);
Gary Seth Sevitsky, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for assessing the utilization efficiency of a portion of memory are provided. One or more images of a portion of memory are obtained. The one or more memory elements found within each image are categorized into one or more application-neutral categories, wherein the one or more categories distinguish between data and structural overhead. At least one analysis is performed on the one or more categorized memory elements of the one or more images using a measure representative of the efficiency of utilization of the portion of memory. The one or more results of the analysis step are outputted.