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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2008
Sakshi Chaitanya Veni, Bangalore, IN;
Satish Kumar Mopur, Bangalore, IN;
Parthasarathi Ilangovan, Bangalore, IN;
Prasanna Muthukumarasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Srivatsa Ramaprakash, Bangalore, IN;
Sakshi Chaitanya Veni, Bangalore, IN;
Satish Kumar Mopur, Bangalore, IN;
Parthasarathi Ilangovan, Bangalore, IN;
Prasanna Muthukumarasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Srivatsa Ramaprakash, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of retrieving data blocks in a storage area network, the method comprising selecting a first one of a plurality of paths to a storage device; retrieving a first number of sequential data blocks from the storage device along the first path; and selecting a second one of the plurality of paths for retrieving subsequent sequential data blocks from the storage device. One or both of the selected paths may be the path with the lowest average turnaround time of all of the available paths.