System resource utilization balancing
US10534648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/061
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Ensuring the fair utilization of system resources using workload based, time-independent scheduling, including: determining whether an amount of system resource utilization in the storage system has reached a predetermined utilization threshold; and responsive to determining that the amount of system resource utilization in the storage system has reached a predetermined utilization threshold: determining whether one or more entities in the storage system have utilized system resources in excess of their fair share by a predetermined threshold during a time-independent period; and responsive to determining that one or more entities in the storage system have utilized system resources in excess of their fair share by the predetermined threshold during the time-independent period, freezing, at least partially, an amount by which the one or more entities in the storage system have utilized system resources in excess of their fair share.
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