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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Owen Martin, Hopedale, MA (US);
Peter Linden, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Scharland, Franklin, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A storage system includes at least one oversubscription-protected storage group and at least one non-protected storage group. Some or all of the primary path ports of the non-protected storage group are secondary path ports for the protected storage group. The secondary port paths are normally inactive for the protected storage group. When aggregate bandwidth on the primary port paths of the protected storage group reaches a threshold condition or is forecasted to reach the threshold condition, the secondary port paths are activated for the protected storage group. While the secondary port paths are activated for the protected storage group, both the protected storage group and the non-protected storage group are accessible via the shared ports. Access to the protected storage group and the non-protected storage group via the shared ports may be bandwidth-limited such that sharing in a predetermined ratio is ensured.