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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Nicholas M. Williamson, Cary, NC (US);
Yin Jun Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Pu Yp Yang, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Administering the polling of a number of devices for device status including determining whether a task identification for polling the device is in the delayed polling queue; if the task identification for polling the device is not in the delayed polling queue, determining whether the task identification for polling the device is in the immediate polling queue; if the task identification for polling the device is in the immediate polling queue; calculating a new time interval for polling the device in dependence upon a predetermined base period and a random selection of a time offset, wherein the time offset is within a predetermined range; calculating a next polling time for polling the device in dependence upon the current time and the new time interval; inserting the task identification in the delayed polling queue in dependence upon the next polling time.