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Patent No.:

US 11418594 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2021

Multi-path layer configured to provide link availability information to storage system for load rebalancing

Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Vinay G. Rao, Bangalore, IN;

Madhu Tarikere, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:

Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Meng Vang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 67/101 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 67/1042 (2022.01); H04L 43/065 (2022.01); H04L 67/1012 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/1012 (2013.01); H04L 67/1042 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to control delivery of input-output (IO) operations from a host device to a storage system over selected paths through a network. The at least one processing device is further configured to determine link availability information for each of a plurality of initiator-target pairs, with the initiators being implemented on the host device and the targets being implemented on the storage system, and each initiator-target pair being associated with a corresponding subset of the plurality of paths. The at least one processing device is still further configured to communicate the link availability information to the storage system, which comprises a distributed storage system that includes a plurality of interconnected storage nodes. The link availability information is utilized in the storage system to rebalance IO operation processing load across at least a subset of the storage nodes of the storage system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rao, Vinay. (2022). Multi-path layer configured to provide link availability information to storage system for load rebalancing (U.S. Patent No. 11418594). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11418594

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