Patent · US Active

Storage paths

US7668981B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3References

20Claims

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Assignee

Symantec Operating Corporation · US

Inventors

Venkata Sreenivasa Rao Nagineni · Pune, IN
Siddhartha Nandi · Bengaluru, IN
Ameya Prakash Usgaonkar · Panaji, IN
Hari Krishna Vemuri · Jamkhed, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2007
Grant date	Feb 23, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/40
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling data traffic within a storage area network can be provided. The method can comprise analyzing data for a path in a storage area network to determine whether the path should be identified as a less preferred path, and controlling data traffic routing to avoid use of a path identified as a less preferred path. In some embodiments, the data can be obtained from a host bus adaptor in the path. In some embodiments, the controlling can comprise throttling traffic over a path identified as a less preferred path.

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