Critical resource management

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2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Dang, Khanh (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Input/output data buffering

C710S057000

Reexamination Certificate

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07925805

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a method of managing critical resource usage in a storage network comprises receiving, in a storage controller, an input/output operation from a host, wherein the input/output operation identifies a storage unit, placing the input/output operation in a waiting queue, determining a maximum queue depth for at least one critical resource in the storage network required to execute the input/output command against the storage unit, and blocking one or more subsequent input/output commands from the host for the storage unit when the wait queue for the critical resource exceeds the maximum queue depth.

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