Dynamically throttling host commands to disk drives
US9274966B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Example implementations described herein are related to methods for dynamically throttling host commands (up or down) to disk drives that include cache memory and rotating media, based on environmental conditions and/or drain rate from the cache memory to the rotating media, to provide consistent throughput for extended periods of time, and to avoid dramatic swings in performance from the pre-saturation state to the post-saturation state. The example implementations may be further extended to dynamically throttling host commands to devices that have HDD and SSD portions.
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