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Workload balancing in a distributed storage system

US10896007B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 2019
Grant dateJan 19, 2021
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0659
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, executed by a computer, includes: determining an expected available bandwidth for a plurality of storage devices of a distributed storage system based on historical I/O data that corresponds to one or more frontend applications; generating a data retrieval plan for the plurality of storage devices based on (i) a historical I/O access pattern of the one or more frontend applications and (ii) the expected available bandwidth for the plurality of storage devices, wherein the data retrieval plan includes a scheduled start time and duration; accessing data for a backend computational job from the plurality of storage devices according to the data retrieval plan; and responding to a determination that I/O instructions per second (IOPS) of the one or more frontend applications exceeds a threshold by modifying the I/O throughput for the backend computational job based on the expected available bandwidth for the plurality of storage devices.

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