Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for managing a storage system. The method includes: determining, at a first device of the storage system, whether a load of a first accelerator resource of the first device exceeds a load threshold; sending, if it is determined that the load exceeds the load threshold, a job processing request to a second device in a candidate device list to cause the second device to process a target job of the first device using a second accelerator resource of the second device, the candidate device list indicating devices in the storage system that can be used to assist the first device in job processing; receiving, from the second device, latency information related to remote processing latency of processing the target job using the second accelerator resource; and updating the candidate device list based on the latency information. The embodiments of the present disclosure can optimize the system performance.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include an escalated authentication system based on user behavior patterns. A user's behavior pattern on a device is collected and/or learned. The collected or learned pattern can be compared to subsequent behavior patterns to determine whether the current user is genuine or suspicious. Users deemed suspicious are subject to increased authentication requirements, often on-the-fly.

Abstract: One example method includes identifying a source of a performance issue in a virtualized environment. Telemetry data is collected relative to the flow of a request/response in the virtualized environment. The collected telemetry data can be compared to normal data. A probability can be generated for each layer to identify which of the layers is the most likely source of the performance issue. The layers can be prioritized based on their probability. The most likely layer or virtual machine is recommended for analysis to determine the cause of the performance issue.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for managing a storage system. The method includes: if it is determined based on current values of a plurality of attribute parameters of a storage device in a storage system that the storage device will have a fault, determining whether the fault of the storage device will not occur again based on reference values of attribute parameters in a first set in the plurality of attribute parameters and current values of attribute parameters in a second set in the plurality of attribute parameters. The method further includes: if it is determined that the fault of the storage device will not occur again, determining a cause of the fault based on the attribute parameters in the first set. The embodiments of the present disclosure can analyze a cause of a fault of a storage device, thereby avoiding the misjudgment of a storage device having no internal fault as a storage device having an internal fault.

Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle design, and aims to solve the problem that an existing vehicle body design method is likely to cause a high scrap rate of a stamped part constituting a vehicle body in a manufacturing process. To this end, the invention provides a method for improving the design of a vehicle-body stamped part, the method including: obtaining thinned portions with thinning rates exceeding a standard rate on a stamped part that has been formed; screening a first portion with a defect rate and/or a defect type not meeting a preset requirement from the thinned portions; and adjusting a shape, a size, and/or a material of a second portion that is the same as the first portion on an original design model of the stamped part to obtain a target design model.

Abstract: A method, electronic device, and a computer readable medium for managing backup data that includes determining an expiration time of backup data in a data set to be backed up in a source storage device, and determines a priority of the backup data to be migrated in a migration operation to be performed based on the expiration time. The method may also include migrating backup data with the same priority in the data set to be backed up to a target storage device to reduce a write amplification factor of a storage device, and prolong the service life of the storage device.

Abstract: This application discloses a network resource scheduling method and an apparatus. A scheduling process includes receiving, by a first network node, a message, where the message includes a network resource that needs to be scheduled between a plurality of network nodes on a multi-hop path. After resource scheduling is performed between the first network node and a second network node, the message is sent to the second network node, to trigger network resource scheduling between the second network node and a third network node. Therefore, end-to-end resource scheduling can be implemented using one message, and end-to-end resource reservation on the multi-hop path can be implemented.

Abstract: A smokeless cigarette having a decreased vapor temperature and preventing the heat-caused collapse of a cigarette holder comprises a filter tip, a heat-resistant hollow section and a tobacco section sequentially connected, wherein the heat-resistant hollow section consists of a heat-resistant hollow section cover and a heat-resistant hollow section hollow layer. The heat-resistant hollow section is made by rolling a high-temperature resistant material into a hollow tubular structure; the high-temperature resistant material forms the heat-resistant hollow section cover. The heat-resistant hollow section hollow layer is a cavity structure formed and surrounded by the heat-resistant hollow section cover. An inner layer of the heat-resistant hollow section cover is coated with a layer of phase-change heat-absorbing material, or the heat-resistant hollow section hollow layer is filled with a phase-change heat-absorbing material.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for managing a storage device. The method includes: determining, based on the frequency of data access to the storage device, whether a data access component of the storage device will move; determining, if it is determined that the data access component will move, a first storage unit in the storage device based on a storage location of previously accessed data in the storage device, wherein the data access component is located at a first spatial location corresponding to the first storage unit; and sending a read request for data in a second storage unit in the storage device that is adjacent to the first storage unit, so as to cause the data access component to move from the first spatial location to a second spatial location corresponding to the second storage unit. The embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce the latency of data access to the storage device.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for an interactive element presentation process are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic operative to store a plurality of model specifications for computational models, monitor the object storage service for at least one model event using a first serverless computing service, provide the plurality of model specifications associated with the at least one model event to one of a plurality of serverless computing clusters, generate model data for each of the plurality of model specifications, store the model data for each of the plurality of computational models in the object storage service, monitor the object storage service for at least one data event associated with the model data using a second serverless computing service, cause the plurality of instances to generate a plurality of trained model specifications based on training of the plurality of computational models. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A set of restore jobs are created to restore a backup. The backup may be maintained across a set of storage devices connected to a backup server. The set of storage devices have different levels of performance and each restore job is responsible for restoring from a respective storage device. Information describing arrangements of processors and memory units is reviewed to create a set of heterogeneous domains, each domain including a processor and memory unit. Performance characteristics, including latency and bandwidth measurements, of the heterogeneous domains are examined. The heterogeneous domains are ranked based on their performance characteristics. The restore jobs are assigned to the heterogeneous domains by successively matching a restore job associated with a storage device having a lowest level of performance relative to other unmatched storage devices with a heterogeneous domain having a highest level of performance relative to other unmatched heterogeneous domains.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multistage nanoreactor catalyst and preparation and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of synthesis gas conversion. The catalyst consists of a core of an iron-based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, a transition layer of a porous oxide or porous carbon material, and a shell layer of a molecular sieve having an aromatization function. The molecular sieve of the shell layer can be further modified by a metal element or a non-metal element, and the outer surface of the molecular sieve is further modified by a silicon-oxygen compound to adjust the acidic site on the outer surface and the aperture of the molecular sieve, thereby inhibiting the formation of heavy aromatic hydrocarbons. According to the disclosure, the shell layer molecular sieve with a transition layer and a shell layer containing or not containing auxiliaries, and with or without surface modification can be prepared by the iron-based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst through multiple steps.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for assigning the execution of a cryptography and/or compression operation on a data segment to either a central processing unit (CPU) or a hardware cryptography/compression accelerator is disclosed. In particular, a data segment on which a cryptography and/or compression operation is to be executed is received. Status information relating to a CPU and a hardware cryptography/compression accelerator is determined. Whether the operation is to be executed on the CPU or on the hardware accelerator is determined based at least in part on the status information. In response to determining that the operation is to be executed on the CPU, the data segment is forwarded to the CPU for execution of the operation. On the other hand, in response to determining that the operation is to be executed on the hardware accelerator, the data segment is forwarded to the hardware accelerator for execution of the operation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, electronic device and a computer program product for processing data. The method comprises determining target data that are used for determining a target compression level for a user. The method also comprises compressing at least part of the target data using a plurality of compression levels of a compression algorithm, respectively, to obtain a plurality of compression ratios and a plurality of compression latencies corresponding to the plurality of compression levels. The method further comprises determining the target compression level for the user for compressing data of the user data based on the plurality of compression ratios and the plurality of compression latencies.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-implemented method, an electronic device and a computer program product. The method comprises: obtaining historical data of recoverable errors that occurred in a storage disk during a first period in the past. The method also comprises: determining, based on the historical data, a predicted number of recoverable errors to occur in the storage disk during a second period. The first period has a same duration as that of the second period. The method further comprises: in response to the predicted number exceeding a threshold for identifying a slow disk, performing an operation for handling a slow disk on the storage disk.

Abstract: Targeted recommendations may be provided to specific user segments. The users may be segmented on or more user parameters that facilitate targeted provision of recommendations to the individual segments of users. A recommendation may prompt a user to take a recommended action in the game.

Abstract: A packet processing method includes determining, by a node in a first network, a transmission path for a packet, where the transmission path includes a path in the first network and a path traversing a second network; adding, by the node, path information to the packet based on the transmission path, where the path information includes traversal indication information, and the traversal indication information indicates an ingress node in the second network to encapsulate and transmit the packet based on an egress node that is specified in the traversal indication information and that is located in the second network; and sending, by the node to the ingress node in the second network through the first network, the packet to which the traversal indication information is added.

Abstract: One example method includes accessing a dataset, selecting a list of parameters of the dataset, each of the parameters being selected based on a determination that the parameter is affecting a size of the dataset and/or affecting an amount of data storage space consumed by the dataset, performing a counterfactual analysis using the parameters, and using results of the counterfactual analysis to generate a recommendation that identifies one or more data protection actions which influence utilization of the data storage space, and modifying utilization of the data storage space by implementing one of the data protection actions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for trait introgression involving crossing a donor plant comprising a trait of interest to an intermediate recurrent parent plant followed by crossing of the intermediate recurrent parent plant to one or more recipient parent plants. The present method may be used to introgression a desired trait of interest into the genome of an elite cultivar in fewer backcross generations, thereby accelerating new line production and reducing costs.

Abstract: Optical line amplifiers with on-board controllers and supervisory devices for controlling optical line amplifiers are provided for controlling bootstrap or power-up procedures when optical line amplifiers are initially installed in an optical communication network. The controllers may include non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to block an input to one or more gain units of the line amplifier and cause the line amplifier to operate in an Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) mode. In response to a detection of a valid power level of the line amplifier, the instructions can further cause the one or more processing devices to switch the line amplifier from the ASE mode to a regular mode and unblock the input to the one or more gain units of the line amplifier to allow operation of the line amplifier in the regular operating mode.