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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Anthony T. Orling, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Gary L. Phillips, Sanford, FL (US);
Thomas W. Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Elliot J. Murphy, Titusville, FL (US);
Anthony T. Orling, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Gary L. Phillips, Sanford, FL (US);
Thomas W. Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Elliot J. Murphy, Titusville, FL (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for cooperative application quiescence in a computing environment. In one embodiment, a system may include a storage device configured to store data, a plurality of applications each of which is configured to issue input/output (I/O) requests to the storage device, and a quiescence manager configured to coordinate quiescence of at least a portion of the plurality of applications in response to receiving a quiescence request, where quiescence of a given application may include completing outstanding I/O requests issued by the given application.