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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Rajesh Mishra, Needham, MA (US);
Benjamin Yoder, Westborough, MA (US);
Rajesh Mishra, Needham, MA (US);
Benjamin Yoder, Westborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Pacing data transfers includes receiving, at a first storage device, a first plurality of data writes that are written before a first time, receiving, at the first storage device, a second plurality of writes that are written after the first time and before a second time, transferring the first plurality of writes to a corresponding second storage device while the second plurality of data writes are being written to the first storage device, and acknowledging writes to the first storage device, where acknowledging is delayed in response to either the first storage device or the second storage device having a backlog of data. Pacing data transfers may also include providing the second plurality of data writes to cache slots the first storage device.