Modifying host input/output (I/O) activity to allow a...

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output process timing

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C710S005000, C710S059000, C711S100000, C726S002000

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07548998

ABSTRACT:
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture to process communications between a host and storage drive having a storage media. An Input/Output (I/O) request is received from the host directed to the storage media that requires requested information be sent to the storage drive to use to execute the I/O request against the storage media. A message is sent to the host to cause the host to modify I/O timeout operations in response to determining that the requested information is required.

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U.S. Patent Application entitled “Communicating Packets Between Devices Involving the Use of Different Communication Protocol”, Serial No. unknown, filed Oct. 27, 2006, by inventors W.C. Carlson, E.M. Dawson, G.S. Johnson, T.T. LE, M.H. Sabins, P.G. Sutton and H.M. Yudenfriend.
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