Systems and methods for dynamic buffer allocation
US8312188B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2205/063
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A first network device includes a first port to provide first data traffic to a first storage area network, a second port to provide second data traffic to a local area network, and memory shared between the first port and the second port to temporarily store the first data traffic in N first buffers and the second data traffic in M second buffers. A queue control module allocates a first memory space of the N first buffers to the first port and a second memory space of the M second buffers to the second port. An adjustment module adjusts a first amount of the first memory space and a second amount of the second memory space in response to a congestion event is caused by a first data traffic. Up to all of the first memory space and the second memory space is allocated to the N first buffers.
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