System and method for accelerated boot performance
Systems, methods and products are described that provide accelerated boot performance. One aspect includes initiating a booting process of a user operating system of a computer system; identifying a non-critical hardware device set for start up according to the user operating system; excluding the non-critical hardware device; and completing the booting process to provide the user operating system without starting an excluded non-critical hardware device. Other embodiments are described.
1. A method comprising:
initiating a booting process of a user operating system of a computer system;
identifying a non-critical hardware device set for start up according to the user operating system;
identifying a non-delay factor for one or more non-critical hardware devices, the non-delay factor being selected from the group consisting of a booting time non-delay factor and a user account association non-delay factor;
excluding a non-critical hardware device not having the non-delay factor; and
completing the booting process to provide the user operating system without loading and initializing an excluded non-critical hardware device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a non-critical software element set for start up according to the user operating system; and
excluding the non-critical software element set for start up according to the user operating system.
3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
responsive to completing the booting process, starting one or more of: a non-critical hardware device set for start up according to the user operating system, and a non-critical software element set for start up according to the user operating system.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said excluding further comprises not loading one or more software elements related to said excluded hardware device.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said excluding a non-critical hardware device comprises setting the non-critical hardware device to a disabled state.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the non-critical hardware device includes one or more of a biometric device, an audio device, a device connected to a USB of the computer system, and a network connection device.
7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the non-critical software element is directly or indirectly related to said non-critical hardware device.
8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising disabling a non-critical hardware device immediately prior to shutdown of said user operating system.
9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said identifying further comprises dynamically identifying one or more of: a non-critical hardware device, and a non-critical software element.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said dynamically identifying further comprises checking for a security token associated with a user account of the computer system.
11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising, responsive to identifying a security token associated with a user account of the computer system, starting a hardware device associated with said security token.
12. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory in operative connection with the one or more processors;
wherein, responsive to execution of computer program instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to:
initiate a booting process of a user operating system of the system;
identify a non-critical hardware device set for start up according to the user operating system;
identify a non-delay factor for one or more non-critical hardware devices, the non-delay factor being selected from the group consisting of a booting time non-delay factor and a user account association non-delay factor;
exclude a non-critical hardware device not having the non-delay factor; and
complete the booting process to provide the user operating system without loading and initializing an excluded non-critical hardware device.
13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said one or more processors are further configured to:
identify a non-critical software element set for start up according to the user operating system; and
exclude the non-critical software element set for start up according to the user operating system.
14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said one or more processors are further configured to:
responsive to completing the booting process, start one or more of: a non-critical hardware device set for start up according to the user operating system, and a non-critical software element set for start up according to the user operating system.
15. The system according to claim 12 , wherein to exclude further comprises not loading one or more software elements related to said excluded hardware device.
16. The system according to claim 12 , wherein to exclude a non-critical hardware device comprises setting the non-critical hardware device to a disabled state.
17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the non-critical hardware device includes one or more of a biometric device, an audio device, a device connected to a USB of the computer system, and a network connection device.
18. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the non-critical software element is directly or indirectly related to said non-critical hardware device.
19. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to disable a non-critical hardware device immediately prior to shutdown of said user operating system.
20. The system according to claim 13 , wherein to identify further comprises dynamically identifying one or more of: a non-critical hardware device, and a non-critical software element.
21. The system according to claim 20 , wherein said dynamically identifying further comprises checking for a security token associated with a user account of the computer system.
22. The system according to claim 21 , wherein said one or more processors are further configured to:
responsive to identifying a security token associated with a user account of the computer system, start a hardware device associated with said security token.
23. A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to initiate a booting process of a user operating system of the system;
computer readable program code configured to identify a non-critical hardware device set for start up according to the user operating system;
computer readable program code configured to identify a non-delay factor for one or more non-critical hardware devices, the non-delay factor being selected from the group consisting of a booting time non-delay factor and a user account association non-delay factor;
computer readable program code configured to exclude a non-critical hardware device not having the non-delay factor; and
computer readable program code configured to complete the booting process to provide the user operating system without loading and initializing an excluded non-critical hardware device.