Patents by Inventor Richard Graham Schofield

Richard Graham Schofield has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Server pool management
    Patent number: 10171572
    Abstract: Managing a system comprising a pool of servers including a number of active servers. Utilization of the system capacity is monitored, in which the utilization results from a workload of the number of active servers. Upon detecting a critical utilization of the system capacity during the monitoring of the utilization of the system capacity, a duration of the detected critical utilization of the system capacity is predicted from a monitoring history of the utilization of the system capacity. Further, the number of active servers is increased, if the predicted duration exceeds a defined threshold. Tuning measures may also be deployed to handle surges in capacity utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Granshaw, Daniel J. McGinnes, Samuel T. Massey, Martin A. Ross, Richard Graham Schofield, Craig H. Stirling
  • SERVER POOL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20170208121
    Abstract: Managing a system comprising a pool of servers including a number of active servers. Utilization of the system capacity is monitored, in which the utilization results from a workload of the number of active servers. Upon detecting a critical utilization of the system capacity during the monitoring of the utilization of the system capacity, a duration of the detected critical utilization of the system capacity is predicted from a monitoring history of the utilization of the system capacity. Further, the number of active servers is increased, if the predicted duration exceeds a defined threshold. Tuning measures may also be deployed to handle surges in capacity utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: David Granshaw, Daniel J. McGinnes, Samuel T. Massey, Martin A. Ross, Richard Graham Schofield, Craig H. Stirling