Multiple I/O request processing in a storage system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9134909
APP PUB NO 20130054841A1
SERIAL NO

13221469

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A mechanism is provided to optimize performance of a storage system. A plurality of I/O requests is received. A subset of the plurality of I/O requests is selected. The size of each I/O request of the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is less than a predetermined size, but the combined size of the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is greater than the predetermined size. Furthermore, the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is associated with a single logical unit number. A data transfer command which includes the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is generated. The data transfer command is transmitted.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Padia, Praveen K Pune, IN 7 37
Shekhar, Rohit Pune, IN 15 54

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