Checkpoint triggering in a computer system
According to an aspect, a method for triggering creation of a checkpoint in a computer system includes executing a task in a processing node 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 metric. A monitoring block size is determined for the checkpoint. A checkpoint interval is determined based on the monitoring block size, a checkpoint bandwidth, and a failure rate of the computer system. Based on determining that the value of the metric has crossed the threshold and the checkpoint interval has elapsed, the checkpoint including state data of the task is created to enable restarting execution of the task upon a restart operation.
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1489807
- Assignee:
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY) OSTI
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,089,181
- Application Number:
- 15/194,884
- Contract Number:
- B599858
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Jun 28
- Research Org:
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
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