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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Pawan Misra, Morrisville, NC (US);
Michael D. Haynes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chetan Rameshchandra Vaidya, Durham, NC (US);
Somnath Gulve, Morrisville, NC (US);
Pawan Misra, Morrisville, NC (US);
Michael D. Haynes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chetan Rameshchandra Vaidya, Durham, NC (US);
Somnath Gulve, Morrisville, NC (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
This invention is a system and method for managing and allocating memory used for data movement of data being copied in a data storage environment. In one embodiment, a methodology is provided that allocates and manages data buffers based on bandwidth and memory availability in the data storage environment, that includes adjustment of buffer size allocation and/or number of buffers allocated based on a determination of the bandwidth allocated. In other embodiments, implementations include a system, a computer program product, and an apparatus are disclosed that are configured for carrying out the steps involved in the methodology.