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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrey Balmin, San Jose, CA (US);
Romulo Antonio Pereira Goncalves, San Jose, CA (US);
Fatma Ozcan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonas Traub, Stuttgart, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Scheduling mechanisms for assigning data in a distributed file system to database workers are provided. In one embodiment, a method of and computer program product for assignment of data blocks to database workers are provided. A request for table data is received. Metadata for a plurality of blocks in a file system is retrieved from a metadata store. Each of the plurality of blocks contains a subset of the table data. A request for work is received from a requestor. An assignment of one or more of the plurality of blocks is provided to the requestor.