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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Amit, Omer, IL;
Zah Barzik, Rishon LeZion, IL;
Vladislav Drouker, Holon, IL;
Maxim Kalaev, Petach Tikva, IL;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/825 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/815 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 47/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 47/11 (2013.01); H04L 47/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program product embodiments for controlling congestion in a storage grid, by a processor device, are provided. In a storage grid, a storage request transmit queue length is monitored. Upon reaching at least one of a certain threshold, a watermarked message is transmitted to a receiving node, the receiving node altering storage requests based upon the watermarked message.