Acquisition and kernel memory storage of I/O metrics
US9778853B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved technique for storing I/O metrics includes assigning metric values to data buckets held in kernel memory. Each data bucket covers a particular range of values of a respective metric and is configured as a counter, whose count is incremented each time the multipathing driver obtains or computes a metric value that falls within the range of the data bucket. Bucket counts can be read by an external program to obtain aggregate information about I/O metrics over time. The aggregate information can be fed back to the multipathing driver to enable improved selections of paths for conveying data to and from a storage array.
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