David M Horton

US Patent:

7979858, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Oct 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/542674

Inventors:

Cheryl G. Doninger - Cary NC, US
David G. Horton - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

SAS Institute Inc. - Cary NC

International Classification:

G06F 9/46
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

718101, 718102, 709200, 709201

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for executing a computer program that performs multiple processes in a multi-processor environment. A client computer may be used to execute a process manager software application for generating computer instructions that identify a plurality of the processes that may be run in parallel on separate processors. A metadata server may be used to store metadata that identifies whether the multi-processor environment is available to execute the plurality of processes. The computer program may be stored on a computer-readable medium and may be configured to execute on the client computer, and when executed by the client computer may cause the client computer to query the metadata server to determine if the multi-processor environment is available to execute the plurality of processes. The computer program may be further configured to use the computer instructions to cause the plurality of processes to be executed in the multi-processor environment. The computer instructions may enable the computer program to execute the plurality of processes in parallel.