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Load balancing of disk drives

US7363451B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LSI Logic Corporation · US

Inventors

Neela Syam Kolli · Lawrenceville, US
Ajitabh Prakash Saxena · Duluth, US
Hardy Doelfel · Cumming, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2005
Grant date	Apr 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2206/1012
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System and methods are disclosed for load balancing Input/Output (IO) commands to be executed by one or more disk drives from an array of disk drives. Systems and methods disclosed herein use one or more properties, such as disk drive RPM, disk drive cache, command queue lengths, real-time drive data, and head position to provide load balancing of Input/Output commands.

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