Marvell Asia Pte., Ltd.

Wenxiang Ding

Siu-Hung Fred Au

Madhusudan Kalluri

Yun-Ho Wu

Methods and systems for managing access to a distributed storage systems include storing a total bandwidth utilization amount allocated to each of a plurality of client devices and a current bandwidth amount utilized by each of the plurality of client devices. An actual bandwidth amount utilized for servicing one or more requests received from a plurality of client devices over a network is monitored and an expected bandwidth utilization amount for servicing a request to access a distributed storage system having a plurality of storage devices interconnected over a network, received from respective ones of the plurality of client devices is determined. The client device transmitting the request is either permitted or denied access to the distributed storage system based on a function of the expected bandwidth utilization of the request relative to the total bandwidth utilization amount allocated to the requesting client device.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

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