Information handling system performance optimization system
A performance optimization system includes a plurality of system components. A monitoring plug-in and a configuration plug-in are coupled to each of the plurality of system components. A monitoring engine receives monitoring information for each of the plurality of system components from their respective monitoring plug-in. A configuration engine sends configuration setting information to each of the plurality of system components through their respective configuration plug-ins. A performance optimization engine receives the monitoring information from the monitoring engine, determines a policy associated with the monitoring information and, in response, retrieves configuration setting information that is associated with the policy and sends the configuration setting information to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of at least one of the plurality of system components.
1. A performance optimization system, comprising:
a plurality of system components that are configured to provide an application;
a monitoring plug-in and a configuration plug-in coupled to each of the plurality of system components;
a monitoring engine coupled to each monitoring plug-in, wherein the monitoring engine is configured to receive monitoring information for each of the plurality of system components from the monitoring plug-ins;
a configuration engine coupled to each configuration plug-in, wherein the configuration engine is configured to send configuration setting information to each of the plurality of system components through the configuration plug-ins; and
a performance optimization engine coupled to the monitoring engine and the configuration engine, wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to retrieve application information from the application, receive the monitoring information from the monitoring engine, determine a policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the application information and, in response, retrieve configuration setting information that is associated with the policy and send the configuration setting information to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of at least one of the plurality of system components according to the application information.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the configuration engine is configured to retrieve configuration reporting information for each of the plurality of system components from the configuration plug-ins, and wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information and, in response, retrieve and send the configuration setting information that is associated with the policy to the configuration engine.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine a user recommendation using the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information and, in response, send the user recommendation to a user interface.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the changing the configuration of at least one of the plurality of system components according to the application information is configured to provide a maximum execution speed for the application.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine that at least one application parameter change is associated with the policy and, in response, send the at least one application parameter change to the application in order to change at least one application parameter of the application.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to retrieve user information, and wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the user information and, in response, retrieve and send the configuration setting information that is associated with the policy to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of at least one of the plurality of system components according to the user information.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine a profile, that includes a plurality of policies, is associated with the monitoring information and, in response, retrieve configuration setting information that is associated with the plurality of policies in the profile and send the configuration setting information to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of at least one of the plurality of system components.
8. An information handling system (IHS), comprising:
an IHS chassis;
a plurality of IHS components, including a processor, that are located in the IHS chassis and configured to provide an application;
a monitoring plug-in and a configuration plug-in coupled to the processor;
a monitoring engine coupled to the monitoring plug-in, wherein the monitoring engine is configured to receive monitoring information for the processor from the monitoring plug-in;
a configuration engine coupled to the configuration plug-in, wherein the configuration engine is configured to send configuration setting information to processor through the configuration plug-ins; and
a performance optimization engine coupled to the monitoring engine and the configuration engine, wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to retrieve application from the application, receive the monitoring information from the monitoring engine, determine a policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the application information and, in response, retrieve configuration setting information that is associated with the policy and send the configuration setting information to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of the processor according to the application information.
9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the configuration engine is configured to retrieve configuration reporting information for the processor from the configuration plug-in, and wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information and, in response, retrieve and send the configuration setting information that is associated with the policy to the configuration engine.
10. The IHS of claim 9 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine a user recommendation using the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information and, in response, send the user recommendation to a user interface.
11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the changing the configuration of the processor according to the application is configured to provide a maximum execution speed for the application.
12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine that at least one application parameter change is associated with the policy and, in response, send the at least one application parameter change to the application in order to change at least one application parameter of the application.
13. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to retrieve user information, and wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the user information and, in response, retrieve and send the configuration setting information that is associated with the policy to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of the processor according to the user information.
14. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the performance optimization engine is configured to determine a profile, that includes a plurality of policies, is associated with the monitoring information and, in response, retrieve configuration setting information that is associated with the plurality of policies in the profile and send the configuration setting information to the configuration engine in order to change the configuration of processor.
15. A method for optimizing the performance of an information handling system (IHS), comprising:
providing a monitoring plug-in and a configuration plug-in coupled to each of a plurality of IHS components that provide an application;
receiving monitoring information for the plurality of IHS components from the monitoring plug-ins;
retrieving application information from the application;
determining a policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the application information;
retrieving configuration setting information that is associated with the policy in response to determining that the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the application information; and
sending the configuration setting information to at least one of the configuration plug-ins in order to change the configuration of at least one of the plurality of IHS components according to the application information.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
retrieving configuration reporting information for each of the plurality of IHS components from the configuration plug-ins;
determining the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information; and
retrieving and sending the configuration setting information that is associated with the policy to the at least one of the configuration plug-ins in response to determining that the policy is associated with the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
determining a user recommendation using the monitoring information and the configuration reporting information and, in response, sending the user recommendation to a user interface.
18. The method of claim 15 , where the changing the configuration of at least one of the plurality of IHS components according to the application information provides a maximum execution speed for the application.
19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining that at least one application parameter change is associated with the policy and, in response, sending the at least one application parameter change to the application in order to change at least one application parameter of the application.
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
retrieving user information;
determining the policy is associated with both the monitoring information and the user information; and
retrieving and sending the configuration setting information that is associated with the policy to the at least one configuration plug-in in order to change the configuration of at least one of the plurality of IHS components according to the user information.