Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output command process
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-30
2007-10-30
Huynh, Kim (Department: 2182)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Input/output command process
C710S030000, C710S033000, C710S035000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10803301
ABSTRACT:
Methods and associated structure for utilizing multiple ports or PHYs comprising a SAS wide port to improve transmission bandwidth utilization for a single large I/O request. In one aspect hereof, a large I/O request is broken into a plurality of smaller I/O requests to be distributed over multiple PHYs or ports of a configured wide SAS port. The number of smaller I/O requests may be any number up to the maximum number of PHYs or ports comprising the SAS wide port. In another aspect hereof, the size of a large I/O request may be compared against a threshold value to determine whether the large request should be broken into smaller requests. The threshold value may be determined in accordance with features and aspects hereof either statically or dynamically based on workloads assigned to, and utilization of, the configured SAS wide port.
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Slutz Mark
Uddenberg David
Voorhees William
Duft Bornsen & Fishman
Huynh Kim
LSI Corporation
Schneider Joshua D.
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