Patent ID: 11907566
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A computer readable storage medium comprises:
at least one memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a storage network, causes the one or more computing devices to:
receive a maintenance task to be performed by a plurality of storage units of the storage network, wherein the maintenance task does not include a user data allocation request, and wherein an execution of the maintenance task by a particular storage unit of the plurality of storage units results in temporary unavailability of the particular storage unit to perform a user data allocation request;
determine the availability of processing resources of storage units of the plurality of storage units for execution of the received maintenance task;
compare the respective availability of the processing resources of the storage units of the plurality of storage units to identify a storage unit for execution of the received maintenance task; and
allocate the received maintenance task to the identified storage unit of the plurality of storage units.