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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/42 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/841 (2013.01); H04H 20/42 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/66 (2013.01); H03H 7/42 (2013.01); H04H 20/42 (2013.01); H04L 47/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for load balancing backup resources of a backup resource pool includes obtaining status information for a plurality of backup resources of the backup resource pool. The method includes, while an aggregate load state of the backup pool is not overloaded, making a first determination that a first backup resource of the plurality of backup resources has a load state that is overloaded based on the status information and a load policy. The method includes, in response to the first determination, adding a new backup resource to the backup pool.