Dynamic quality of service implementation based upon resource saturation
US12135880B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 26, 2023 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0683
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for dynamically implementing quality of service policies for a distributed storage system based upon resources saturation. A quality of service policy is defined for throttling I/O operations received by a node of the distributed storage system based upon whether resources of the node have become saturated. The quality of service policy is dynamically implemented based upon ever changing resource utilization and saturation. Dynamically implementing the quality of service policy improves the ability to efficiently utilize resources of the node compared to conventional static polices that cannot adequately react to such changing considerations and resource utilization/saturation. With conventional static policies, an administrator manually defines a minimum amount of guaranteed resources and/or a maximum resource usage cap that could be set to values that result in inefficient operation and resource starvation. Dynamically implementing the quality of service policy results in more efficient operation and mitigates resource starvation.
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