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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Justin P. Bandholz, Cary, NC (US);
Zachary B. Durham, Durham, NC (US);
Clifton E. Kerr, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph E. Maxwell, Cary, NC (US);
Kevin M. Reinberg, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Kevin S. Vernon, Durham, NC (US);
Philip L Weinstein, Apex, NC (US);
Christopher C. West, Raleigh, NC (US);
Justin P. Bandholz, Cary, NC (US);
Zachary B. Durham, Durham, NC (US);
Clifton E. Kerr, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph E. Maxwell, Cary, NC (US);
Kevin M. Reinberg, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Kevin S. Vernon, Durham, NC (US);
Philip L Weinstein, Apex, NC (US);
Christopher C. West, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for optimizing a physical data communications topology between a plurality of computing nodes, the physical data communications topology including physical links configured to connect the plurality of nodes for data communications, that include carrying out repeatedly at a predetermined pace: detecting network packets transmitted through the links between each pair of nodes in the physical data communications topology, each network packet characterized by one or more packet attributes; assigning, to each network packet, a packet weight in dependence upon the packet attributes for that network packet; determining, for each pair of nodes in the physical data communications topology, a node pair traffic weight in dependence upon the packet weights assigned to the network packets transferred between that pair of nodes; and reconfiguring the physical links between each pair of nodes in dependence upon the node pair traffic weights.