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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2008
Nicholas M. O'rourke, Hants, GB;
Lee J. Sanders, Hampshire, GB;
William J. Scales, Hampshire, GB;
Barry D. Whyte, Hampshire, GB;
Nicholas M. O'Rourke, Hants, GB;
Lee J. Sanders, Hampshire, GB;
William J. Scales, Hampshire, GB;
Barry D. Whyte, Hampshire, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for real-time performance management of a virtualized storage system operable in a network having managed physical storage and virtual storage presented by an in-band virtualization controller comprises: a monitoring component operable in communication with the network for acquiring performance data from the managed physical storage and the virtual storage; and a cache controller component responsive to the monitoring component for adjusting cache parameters for the virtual storage. The apparatus may further comprise a queue controller component responsive to the monitoring component for adjusting queue parameters for the managed physical storage. The monitoring component, the cache controller component and the queue controller component may be configured to operate periodically during operation of the virtualized storage system.