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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ajith Balakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Zvi Gabriel Benhanokh, Tel Aviv, IL;
Arieh Don, Newton, MA (US);
Eitan Ben-Amos, Karkur, IL;
Assignee:
EMC CORPORATION, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0638 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for sending an I/O over a preferred path. The method includes determining a preferred path to an address range of a virtual storage unit striped across a plurality of disks of a data storage system and sending an I/O for data comprising the address range over the preferred path.