Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-path management
- Patent Title (中): 多路径管理
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Application No.: US14468544Application Date: 2014-08-26
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Publication No.: US09535631B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Xiaofei Fu , Jiale Hu , Peng Shi , Zhihua Yu , Yaodong Zhang
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C.
- Agent Yuanmin Cai; Andrew M. Calderon
- Priority: CN201310375639 20130826
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract:
The invention discloses a multi-path management method and system for managing paths over which an IO is routed from a host to multiple logical volumes (LUNs) of a storage system, wherein the multiple LUNs of the storage system are mapped to the host, and the method comprises: grouping LUNs with the same paths between the host and the storage system into a group of LUNs; and using one path selection thread for all of LUNs in the group of LUNs to manage the same paths. The method and system lower the amount of work for path management and the amount of required resources.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150058558A1 MULTI-PATH MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2015-02-26
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