Abstract: Technologies for offloading acceleration task scheduling operations to accelerator sleds include a compute device to receive a request from a compute sled to accelerate the execution of a job, which includes a set of tasks. The compute device is also to analyze the request to generate metadata indicative of the tasks within the job, a type of acceleration associated with each task, and a data dependency between the tasks. Additionally the compute device is to send an availability request, including the metadata, to one or more micro-orchestrators of one or more accelerator sleds communicatively coupled to the compute device. The compute device is further to receive availability data from the one or more micro-orchestrators, indicative of which of the tasks the micro-orchestrator has accepted for acceleration on the associated accelerator sled. Additionally, the compute device is to assign the tasks to the one or more micro-orchestrators as a function of the availability data.

Abstract: Techniques for scheduling processing tasks in a device having multiple computing elements are disclosed. A network interface controller of the device receives processing tasks, for execution on the computing elements, from a network that is external to the device. The network interface controller schedules the tasks for execution on the computing devices based on policy data available to the network interface controller. A scheduler within the network interface controller, which can be implemented as a standalone processing unit (such as a microcontroller, a programmable processing core, or an application specific integrated circuit), performs such scheduling, thereby freeing the central processing unit of the device from the burden of performing scheduling operations. The scheduler schedules the tasks according to any technically feasible scheduling technique.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a virtual machine environment are provided. One method includes allocating a memory for storing a dirty pages data structure for tracking writes to a virtual machine memory by an adapter coupled to a computing device and shared by a plurality of virtual machines; initiating a tracking operation by the adapter or a virtual function driver to track writes to the virtual memory; providing access to the dirty pages data structure in response to a query command, while the adapter or the virtual function driver tracks writes to the virtual machine memory; and providing a number of dirty pages within the dirty pages data structure and a pointer the dirty pages data structure by the adapter or the virtual function driver.

Abstract: An approach where a utility/ISO may dispatch demand response (DR) resources in real time without notification of a DR event. DR dispatches may involve sending specific load level commands to power generators that can respond to such commands in a predictable fashion. DR resources do not necessarily have the same level of control or predictability in their load responses. Accuracy of predicting a DR resource's response to a DR signal may be improved by restricting the DR signal to predefined finite values and, for each predefined finite value, have the DR resource continuously report back what its load response will be if one of those signal values is sent as a DR signal. A DR performed against a home may result in discomfort. But there may be a sufficient recovery rate for regaining the setpoint of a thermostat to attain comfort of the home within a reasonable period of time.

Abstract: A set of workloads to be migrated is identified. A constraint on optimization of the set of workloads is determined. A subset of workloads to be migrated is selected from the set of workloads. A model is constructed, using traffic information corresponding to the set of workloads. The model includes a representation of a relationship between a first workload and a second workload in the subset of workloads. The model is solved to cause generation of a set of optimal flow values. A schedule for a migration wave is constructed. The schedule complies with the constraint on optimization of the set of workloads.

Abstract: A method for processing operating data (e.g., position, setpoint, and pressure) for a valve assembly. The method is configured to associate characteristics of operation for the valve assembly with a root cause and/or a contributing factor. In one embodiment, the method can assign a first amplitude with a value that quantifies movement or “jump” of the valve stem that results from stick-slip on the valve assembly. The method can also assign a second amplitude with a value that quantifies a change in the data for the setpoint. The method can further ascertain the relationship or “position” of the first amplitude relative to the second amplitude, or vice versa. The method can use the relationship between the first amplitude and the second amplitude to indicate the root cause of the operation of the valve assembly.

Abstract: A Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) monitoring system includes server devices that each provide a respective HCI system that is part of an HCI cluster. A communication queue and a manager subsystem are provided on at least one of the server devices. The manager subsystem provides, in the communication queue, first workload code that is configured to run on a first server device and that is associated with a first HCI system identifier for a first HCI system provided by the first server device. The first HCI system accesses the communication queue, retrieves the first workload code in response to the first workload code being associated with the first HCI system identifier, executes the first workload code, and provides associated results to the communication queue. The manager subsystem retrieves, from the communication queue, the first results, and reports at least one of the first results to an administrator device.

Abstract: A heterogeneous resource reservation (HRR) manager configured to classify historical application requests from a past time interval for a first workload to generate labeled historical application requests. The HRR manager further configured to generate a forecast based on the labeled historical application requests and for predicting future application requests for the first workload for a future time interval and calculate a joint plan based on the forecast. The joint plan including a set of virtual resources, a set of billing contracts, and a set of load balancer weights. The HRR manager further configured to implement the joint plan for a distributed computing workload during the future time interval.

Abstract: System and method is provided for scheduling of a set of non-preemptive tasks by partitioning, the set of non-preemptive tasks either as a set of schedulable tasks or as a set of non-schedulable tasks; sorting, by a scheduling technique, the set of non-preemptive tasks partitioned; determining, by the scheduling technique, a possibility of execution of each of the set of schedulable tasks; and scheduling the set of schedulable tasks and the set of non-schedulable tasks upon determining the possibility of execution of each of the set of schedulable tasks.

Abstract: In one example, a central processing unit (CPU) with dynamic thread mapping includes a set of multiple cores each with a set of multiple threads. A set of registers for each of the multiple threads monitors for in-flight memory requests the number of loads from and stores to at least a first memory interface and a second memory interface by each respective thread. The second memory interface has a greater latency than the first memory interface. The CPU further has logic to map and migrate each thread to respective CPU cores where the number of cores accessing only one of the at least first and second memory interfaces is maximized.

Abstract: A mobile communications device for controlling a thermal appliance is described. The device includes a first communications interface configured to communicate over a wireless local area network and a second communications interface configured to communicate over a wide area network. A processor is coupled to the communications interfaces and configured to send commands to control, and to receive information relating to, operation of the thermal appliance. A user interface for obtaining user input to control the thermal appliance and for providing information relating to operation of the thermal appliance is included. The processor is configured to: monitor connection of the first communication interface with the wireless local area network, determine whether to trigger an alert in response to loss of connection, and to send a command, based on user input provided in response to a triggered alert, to the thermal appliance via the second communications interface.

Abstract: A set of test cases is obtained to evaluate the resource configuration of a computing environment. One or more test cases of the set of test cases are randomly selected and sent to one or more logical partitions of the computing environment. Execution of the one or more test cases on the one or more logical partitions is monitored. Based on the monitoring, verify whether processing associated with the one or more logical partitions is being performed at an acceptable level. Based on the verifying indicating that the processing is not at an acceptable level, initiating reconfiguring of resources of at least one logical partition of the one or more logical partitions.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a management server managing one or more virtual machines in which a plurality of applications operate, the management server changes, in a case where an abnormality is detected in any of the applications operating in a virtual machine, a first setting managed by the information processing system to a second setting for stopping acquisition of a message by each of the applications, and the each application completes a process based on a message having been acquired before the change of the setting, and stops acquiring another message according to the second setting.

Abstract: In an approach to grouping related tasks, one or more computer processors receive a first task initialization by a first user. The one or more computer processors determine whether one or more additional tasks contained in one or more task groups are in use by the first user. Responsive to determining one or more additional tasks contained in one or more task groups are in use, the one or more computer processors determine whether the first task is related to at least one task of the one or more additional tasks. Responsive to determining the first task is related to at least one task of the one or more additional tasks, the one or more computer processors add the first task to the task group containing the at least one related task of the one or more additional tasks.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing allocation of M resources among N users into K pools by solving a knapsack problem (KP) using a distributed computing system that includes a number of individual solvers. The method includes: receiving data representing K global constraints and L local constraints of the KP; decomposing the KP into N sub-problems using K dual multipliers, each of the N sub-problems corresponding to a respective one of the N users and subject to the L local constraints w.r.t. the corresponding user, wherein N is in an order of billions or larger; determining the number of individual solvers for solving the N sub-problems; distributing the N sub-problems among the number of individual solvers; and solving the KP by the distributed computing system by performing two or more iterations.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to reduce the number of redundant copy operations performed as part of a live migration of a virtual machine executing a guest. While pre-copying for the live migration of the VM, the guest may continue to write to the pages. A hypervisor may clear the dirty pages and schedule the copy operations of the modified pages in a processing engine for copying to a target device. In one embodiment, before initiating the copy operation, the processing engine may check if the page has been modified again and omit the copy operation if the page has been modified again.

Abstract: Provided are a method, a device and a user terminal for loading an application, and relates to the field of Internet technology. The method for loading an application is applied to a user terminal, and the method includes: in response to a function enabling instruction, matching independent functional components of a corresponding application program, where the application program is packaged in advance according to the implemented functions to include multiple functional components, and the functional components include an independent functional component; obtaining an executable file corresponding to the independent functional component; and loading the executable file corresponding to the independent functional component. According to the present invention, a corresponding executable file is loaded according to a user's needs, such that the application is loaded in a way more flexible and quicker, the storage space occupied by the application for a long period of time is reduced.

Abstract: A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by instructing computing nodes to suppress write requests. A snapshot of the application may be created and used to rollback or clone the application. Clones snapshots of storage volumes may be gradually populated with data from prior snapshots to reduce loading on a primary snapshot. Changes to application state may be written to a remove storage volume that may be mounted to a new instance or clone of the application to recreate its state. Jobs to create and execute a bundled application may be referenced with a simulated file system that generates reads to hosts only when the job log file is actually read. A job manager creates jobs according to the manifests and executes phases of these jobs with respect to target nodes of the distributed computing system.

Abstract: A system and method of communicating between a hypervisor and virtual machines using object agents within the hypervisor and the virtual machines. Further, the hypervisor and virtual machines include similar datastore mappings that allow the hypervisor and virtual machines to communicate with each other. The object agent of a virtual machine communicates information corresponding to a first object to the object agent of the hypervisor, and the object agent of the hypervisor updates a datastore mapping of the hypervisor. The hypervisor then communicates the information corresponding to the first object to an object agent of another virtual machine.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a program that determines a version of a first set of application resources. The program further determines whether a version of a second set of application resources is different and compatible with the version of the first set of application resources. Upon determining that the version of the second set of application resources is different and compatible with the version of the first set of application resources, the program also uses the second set of application resources to generate visualizations of data while downloading the first set of application resources for later use. Upon determining that the version of the second set of application resources is different and not compatible with the version of the second set of application resources, the program further downloads the first set of application resources and uses the first set of application resources to generate visualizations of data.