Patent ID: 9450879
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining one or more of a network bandwidth and a historical bandwidth for a data transfer between a storage source adapted to store computer data and a storage target adapted to store computer data; adjusting a target bandwidth for the data transfer using a weighting factor, the target bandwidth based on at least one of the network bandwidth and the historical bandwidth, the weighting factor based on a priority for the data transfer; and transferring at least a block of data of the data transfer from the storage source to the storage target in a manner configured to satisfy the target bandwidth, wherein one or more of a delay before transferring the block and a block size for the block is selected based on the target bandwidth; wherein the weighting factor is selected such that the target bandwidth is based more on the historical bandwidth than the network bandwidth for a higher value for the priority and is based more on the network bandwidth than the historical bandwidth for a lower value for the priority.