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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Brian D. Hatfield, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew G. Borlick, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of write sort management in accordance with the present disclosure, a write sort task related to write sorting a write list of data units to be destaged to storage, is assigned to a storage controller to improve the load balance among plural storage controllers. In one embodiment, available processing capacities of each of the storage controllers is determined by, for example, polling each of the storage controllers. A write sort task may then be assigned to a selected storage controller as a function of determined available processing capacities of each of the storage controllers to improve the load balance among the storage controllers. Other aspects and advantages are provided, depending upon the particular application.