Patent ID: 9569132
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining a number of read blocks pending for each path from a host to a logical device; determining a number of write blocks pending for each path from the host to the logical device; determining one or more factors associated with time for each path from the host to the logical device, wherein determining one or more factors associated with time for each path comprises determining a weighted average time to read a single block for each path from the host to the logical device or a weighted average time to write a single block for each path from the host to the logical device, wherein determining a weighted average time to read a single block for each path comprises: selecting a path from the host to the logical device to read or write data using the number of read blocks pending, the number of write blocks pending and the one or more factors associated with time.