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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Pankaj Deshpande, Pune, IN;
Sapan Maniyar, Pune, IN;
Sarvesh S. Patel, Dist. Nasik, IN;
Subhojit Roy, Pune, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage area network controlled, part, by performing the following steps: (i) for each host link of a plurality of host links in a storage area network (SAN), determining a maximum possible data transfer rate; (ii) for each host link of a plurality of host links in a storage area network, determining a maximum permitted data transfer rate based on the maximum possible data transfer rate; (iii) making a plurality of data transfers, through SAN fabric of the SAN and between a storage controller module of the SAN and various host links of the plurality of host links; and (iv) for each data transfer, controlling the data transfer so that a data transfer rate for the data transfer does not exceed the maximum permitted data transfer rate.