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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Carl Joseph Mies, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Bruce Gregory Warren, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
William Patrick Goodwin, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Lawrence Toshiyuki Shiihara, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Carl Joseph Mies, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Bruce Gregory Warren, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
William Patrick Goodwin, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Lawrence Toshiyuki Shiihara, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Controlling accesses to target devices such as disk drives by modifying the duty cycle profile of those devices to improve device reliability is disclosed. The utilization of a target device is monitored, and if a device is being overused, that device is given a rest period by reserving it for a special initiator that does not send any commands to the device for a certain period of time. This reduced utilization has the effect of increasing the reliability of the target device. This period of time also adds a delay to the processing of commands for the target device being overutilized so that the device becomes less responsive. This performance penalty creates pressure on system administrators to reduce the number of commands sent to that target device and/or move data to proper devices (that can handle the high number of accesses).