Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage area network multi-pathing
- Patent Title (中): 存储区域网络多路径
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Application No.: US13464618Application Date: 2012-05-04
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Publication No.: US08732334B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Praveen K. Padia , William J. Scales , Rohit Shekhar
- Applicant: Praveen K. Padia , William J. Scales , Rohit Shekhar
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Konrad Raynes Davda & Victor LLP
- Agent David W. Victor
- Priority: EP11165029 20110506
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
Provided are a method, computer program product and system for network multi-pathing. Paths to a storage system are through a first network type and a second network type. The first network type has a higher Input/Output (I/O) per second performance characteristic than the second network type. A length is determined from a received I/O request. The I/O request is sent on one of the paths to the storage system through the first network type in response to determining that the length of the I/O request is below a threshold length. The I/O request is sent on one of the paths to the storage system through the second network type in response to determining that the length of the I/O request is above the threshold length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120284424A1 STORAGE AREA NETWORK MULTI-PATHING Public/Granted day:2012-11-08
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