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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

May. 23, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Praveen K. Padia, Pune, IN;

William J. Scales, Hampshire, GB;

Rohit Shekhar, Pune, IN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a method, computer program product and system for network multi-pathing. Paths to a storage system are through a first network type and a second network type. The first network type has a higher Input/Output (I/O) per second performance characteristic than the second network type. A length is determined from a received I/O request. The I/O request is sent on one of the paths to the storage system through the first network type in response to determining that the length of the I/O request is below a threshold length. The I/O request is sent on one of the paths to the storage system through the second network type in response to determining that the length of the I/O request is above the threshold length.


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