System and method for real-time balancing of user workload across multiple storage systems with shared back end storage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7523286
APP PUB NO 20060112247A1
SERIAL NO

10992893

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A system and method for real-time load balancing of user workload across a plurality of physical storage systems with shared back-end storage is provided. A load balancing process tracks usage metrics and determines a source and destination physical storage system and a virtual storage system (vfiler) to be migrated.

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NETAPP INC3060 OLSEN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95128

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Ramany, Swaminathan Sunnyvale, US 11 854
Yakubov, Vladimir Fremont, US 2 169

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