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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Charles J. Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Mullins, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Albert Sidelnik, St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian E. Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles J. Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Mullins, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Albert Sidelnik, St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian E. Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and article of manufacture for parallel application load balancing and distributed work management. In one embodiment, a hierarchy of master nodes may be used to coordinate the actions of pools of worker nodes. Further, the activity of the master nodes may be controlled by a 'coordinator' node. A coordinator node may be configured to distribute work unit descriptions to the collection of master nodes. If needed, embodiments of the invention may be scaled to deeper hierarchies.