Patent ID: 11886711
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
where the at least one processing device is configured:
to identify at least one logical storage device that has a first service level objective and is exhibiting a deficiency in one or more performance metrics;
to identify one or more additional logical storage devices each having a second service level objective lower than the first service level objective and not exhibiting a deficiency in the one or more performance metrics;
to generate at least one false-positive signal specifying the one or more additional logical storage devices as each exhibiting a deficiency in the one or more performance metrics; and
to provide the at least one false-positive signal to at least one host device;
wherein the at least one host device is configured to respond to the at least one false-positive signal by throttling input-output operations for the one or more additional logical storage devices.