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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Applicant:
Andrew J. Spry, Wichita, KS (US);
Inventor:
Andrew J. Spry, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for dynamically allocating a plurality of command processing resources is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) allocating the command processing resources from a first protocol layer to a first pool of a second protocol layer below the first protocol layer, (B) allocating at least some of the command processing resources from the first pool to a plurality of second pools and (C) sending a particular one of the command processing resources from one of the second pools to the first protocol layer for processing an operation.