DATA OFF-LOAD IN NETWORK DEVICES WITH CONSTRAINED STORAGE TO PERFORM A TASK

Abstract: in one example embodiment, a first network device is determined to have insufficient storage to perform a task. a second network device is identified with available storage, and data is transferred from the first network device to the second network device to provide sufficient storage for the task on the first network device. the task is performed on the first network device, and the data is restored to the first network device from the second network device after completion of the task.

Inventor(s): Dinh Cat Ngoc Nguyen, David John Zacks, Nandini Maheshwari, Craig D. Wickham, Leila Reyhani

CPC Classification: H04L67/1008 (based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload (monitoring of computer activity ))

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