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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Adi Ofer, Wellesley, MA (US);
Daniel E. Rabinovich, Wrentham, MA (US);
Stephen R. Ives, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Peng Yin, South Grafton, MA (US);
Cynthia J. Burns, Franklin, MA (US);
Ran Margalit, Providence, RI (US);
Rong Yu, Westboro, MA (US);
Adi Ofer, Wellesley, MA (US);
Daniel E. Rabinovich, Wrentham, MA (US);
Stephen R. Ives, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Peng Yin, South Grafton, MA (US);
Cynthia J. Burns, Franklin, MA (US);
Ran Margalit, Providence, RI (US);
Rong Yu, Westboro, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A scheduling method and apparatus for use by a processor that controls storage devices of a data storage system is presented. The method allocates processing time between I/O operations and background operations for predetermined time slots based on an indicator of processor workload.