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System resource utilization balancing

US10534648B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2016
Grant dateJan 14, 2020
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2037

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  • 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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