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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Randall E. Messick, Boise, ID (US);
Richard L. Peterson, Boise, ID (US);
Martin L. Ackerman, Boise, ID (US);
Michael E. Lutz, Boise, ID (US);
Douglas T. Hayden, Boise, ID (US);
Randall E. Messick, Boise, ID (US);
Richard L. Peterson, Boise, ID (US);
Martin L. Ackerman, Boise, ID (US);
Michael E. Lutz, Boise, ID (US);
Douglas T. Hayden, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for managing bandwidth allocation in a storage area network includes receiving a plurality of Input/Output (I/O) requests from a plurality of client devices, determining a priority of each of the client devices relative to other client devices, and dynamically allocating bandwidth resources to each client device based on the priority assigned to that client device.