Dell products l.p. (20240113946). TARGETED SERVICE LEVEL RESPONSE TIME MANAGEMENT simplified abstract

TARGETED SERVICE LEVEL RESPONSE TIME MANAGEMENT

Organization Name

dell products l.p.

Inventor(s)

John Creed of Innishannon (IE)

Arieh Don of Newton MA (US)

John Krasner of Coventry RI (US)

TARGETED SERVICE LEVEL RESPONSE TIME MANAGEMENT - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240113946 titled 'TARGETED SERVICE LEVEL RESPONSE TIME MANAGEMENT

Simplified Explanation

The abstract of the patent application describes a method for identifying the cause of a failure to meet a high priority service level objective in a storage array, by analyzing low priority service level objective storage objects to determine if their performance paths overlap with the high priority storage object at the location of the failure. If overlap is found, the low priority storage objects are targeted for data rate reduction to free up resources and restore compliance with the high priority service level objective.

• Explanation of the patent/innovation:

 - Method for identifying and resolving performance issues in a storage array
 - Analyzing low priority storage objects for overlapping performance paths with high priority storage objects
 - Targeting low priority storage objects for data rate reduction to free up resources

• Potential applications of this technology:

 - Data storage management systems
 - Cloud storage services
 - Enterprise storage solutions

• Problems solved by this technology:

 - Failure to meet high priority service level objectives in storage arrays
 - Resource allocation issues in storage systems
 - Performance bottlenecks in storage environments

• Benefits of this technology:

 - Improved performance in storage arrays
 - Efficient resource utilization
 - Enhanced compliance with service level objectives

• Potential commercial applications of this technology:

 - Storage array management software
 - Storage optimization services
 - Data center infrastructure solutions

• Possible prior art:

 - Previous methods for analyzing storage performance paths
 - Techniques for resource allocation in storage systems

Questions:

1. How does the method differentiate between low priority and high priority storage objects? 2. What specific data rate reduction techniques are employed to free up resources in the storage array?

Original Abstract Submitted

the cause of a failure to satisfy a high priority service level objective of a storage object or storage group is localized within a storage array. storage objects that have been assigned low priority service level objectives are analyzed to determine whether their performance paths overlap with the performance path of the high priority service level objective storage object or storage group at the location of the cause of the failure. the low priority service level objective storage objects having performance paths that overlap with the performance path of the high priority service level objective storage object or storage group at the location of the cause of the failure are targeted for io data rate reduction in order to free resources to restore compliance with the high priority service level objective. the other low priority service level objective storage objects are not targeted.