In a multiprocessor computer system, an access request and an access grant register is provided for storing an access request and an access grant semaphore for each shared resource. The access request and grant semaphores having a number of access request and grant bits assigned to the processors. Additionally, circuits are provided for each access request register for setting/clearing individual access request bits, and simultaneous reading of all access request bits of the stored access reques...

A method and apparatus for optimizing resource allocation is disclosed which uses a probabilistic relaxation network technique for obtaining an optimal or near optimal assignment solution. A network of nodes and arcs is created. Inputs to the arcs are calculated disregarding the old outputs from the arcs, the influences on the nodes are calculated based on the inputs to the arcs and the new values for the nodes are calculated based on the influences on the node.

In a network of communication systems, a communication resource allocator of any of the communication systems may reclaim system resources from inactive communication systems. This may be accomplished by having the communication resource allocator transmit at least one polling message to the communication unit to determine whether the communication unit is in need of the at least one system resource. If the communication unit does not respond to the polling message, the communication resource al...

A resources reclaiming apparatus includes a furnace having an interior spacer. The spacer has one end forming an arched section with a distal end tilted upwards forming a sloped section extruded to form a plane spacer having a firing port therein, thereby dividing the furnace into first and second combustion chambers. The furnace has intake ports located on the right side abutting an upper end of the furnace and air ducts atop intake ports. The air ducts have one end extending into an end of a s...

Methods and systems for capacity planning of server resources are described wherein fixed resources of a server cluster are used in comparison to similar server cluster benchmarks to determine the maximum load--requests per second--that can be handled by the server cluster. The maximum load is used to determine utilization of server resources and to provide estimates of server resource utilization for hypothetical loads. A recommendation as to changes to server resources to handle the hypothetic...

One aspect of the invention is a system for managing a high volume of request reaching a file server which avoids slowing down of the request of all client computers. The system serves a limited number of clients at one time, and deploys an applet to other requesting clients which is programmed to check the server at a later time for availability, and through which a client user can be informed of estimated times to start and complete the download. A second aspect of the invention is a system ma...

Computer resources are managed by a method that includes deriving, from historical measurement information for a computer resource, values for statistical variables, and, based on the values, determining whether a behavioral pattern for the computer resource is represented in the historical measurement information.

A system and method are disclosed which determine the flexibility of requests and utilize such flexibility of requests in managing a finite number of resources for servicing such requests. As an exemplary implementation within a telephony call center, a caller requesting to speak with an agent of the call center may be received. The call center may ascertain whether the caller is capable and willing to speak in multiple languages, such as both English and Spanish. A caller that is so capable and...

Network resources for a call between a calling party and a called party are allocated. The network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. The network resources are reserved before any one network resource from the reserved network resources is committed. The reserved network resources for the call are committed when a called party indicates acceptance for the call.

A method of assinging software resources such as files and programs to memory devices is disclosed which uses first storage for storing therein the access frequency to a memory device for causing each type of service request to utilize each of software resources and second storage for storing therein the processing speed, allowable utilization and storage capacity of each of memory devices and in which the allocation of each of said software resources to the memory devices is determined on the b...