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Technique for throttling data access requests

US7529836B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 2004
Grant dateMay 5, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/067
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for throttling data access rates through data containers prevents starvation of storage system resources by active clients. A SCSI throttle module of a storage operating system of storage system determines if the number of outstanding access requests associated with the client or initiator group exceeds a preset throttle value.

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