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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Makio Mizuno, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshihiko Murakami, Fujisawa, JP;
Tetsuya Shirogane, Odawara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
During iSCSI communication, according to the contents of commands issued by a host computer, the command response time is increased due to the influence of the TCP Delayed ACK. Thus, a command issued by the host computer is analyzed, the number of TCP/IP packets required for transmitting the data requested by this command is calculated, and a precedence packet is transmitted, so that no influence is experienced due to the Delayed ACK.