公开(公告)号：GB2545072B

公开(公告)日：2018-03-28

申请号：GB201618104

申请日：2016-10-26

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HARRY YUDENFRIEND ,  ROGER HATHORN ,  DALE RIEDY

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/861 ,  H04L12/911

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for resource allocation in accordance with one embodiment of the present description, in which a resource allocation such as a buffer credit allocation for a port in a storage area network is initialized as a function of a measurement of a length of a communication link for the port of the storage area network. In one embodiment, the length measurement is a function of a minimum command response time of a command issued over the communication link. Other aspects of resource allocation in accordance with the present description are described.