Checkpoint triggering in a computer system

Cher, Chen-Yong

Title: Checkpoint triggering in a computer system

Abstract

According to an aspect, a method for triggering creation of a checkpoint in a computer system includes executing a task in a processing node of the computer system and determining whether it is time to read a monitor associated with a metric of the task. The monitor is read to determine a value of the metric based on determining that it is time to read the monitor. A threshold for triggering creation of the checkpoint is determined based on the value of the metric. Based on determining that the value of the metric has crossed the threshold, the checkpoint including state data of the task is created to enable restarting execution of the task upon a restart operation.

Inventors:: Cher, Chen-Yong

Issue Date:: 2016-09-06

Research Org.:: International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1320886

Patent Number(s):: 9436552

Application Number:: 14/302,947

Assignee:: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F11/1438 - {Restarting or rejuvenating}
G06F2201/81 - Threshold
G06F11/3409 - {for performance assessment}
G06F2201/85 - Active fault masking without idle spares
G06F11/3037 - {where the computing system component is a memory, e.g. virtual memory, cache

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DOE Contract Number:: B599858

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jun 12

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

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Citation Formats

Cruz: Application-Transparent Distributed Checkpoint-Restart on Standard Operating Systems conference, January 2005

DyMeLoR: Dynamic Memory Logger and Restorer Library for Optimistic Simulation Objects with Generic Memory Layout conference, June 2008

ickp: a consistent checkpointer for multicomputers journal, July 1994

Optimizing Checkpoint Sizes in the C3 System conference, January 2005

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Cruz: Application-Transparent Distributed Checkpoint-Restart on Standard Operating Systems
conference, January 2005

DyMeLoR: Dynamic Memory Logger and Restorer Library for Optimistic Simulation Objects with Generic Memory Layout
conference, June 2008

ickp: a consistent checkpointer for multicomputers
journal, July 1994

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conference, January 2005

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conference, January 1992