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Throttling in storage systems

  • US 20040148484A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2003
  • Published: 07/29/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of improving the performance of copy operations in storage systems having resources, the method comprising:

  • storing a measure of relative availability of storage system resources;

    detecting operations when sequential portions of a storage media are to be accessed for writing of information; and

    when the measure of relative availability of system resources drops to a specified extent, introducing a wait into the operation in which sequential portions of a storage media are to be accessed for writing of information.

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