Selecting controllers based on affinity between access devices and storage segments
US10466899B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/182
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some examples, a system determines, based on information relating to access of objects in storage segments by requester devices, an affinity between access devices and the storage segments that are managed by respective controllers of a plurality of controllers, the access devices comprising the requester devices or the controllers. The system selects, based on the affinity between the access devices and the storage segments, a controller of the plurality of controllers for serving requests of a first requester device of the requester devices to access objects.
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