Patent ID: 9152639
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage system communicatively coupled to a plurality of cloud gateways via a network, and configured to transfer data via the plurality of cloud gateways, the storage system comprising: a memory configured to store information for each of the plurality of cloud gateways, the information indicative of traffic between the each of the plurality of cloud gateways and the storage system; and a management unit that determines a priority for each of the plurality of cloud gateways based on the information indicative of the traffic between the each of the plurality of cloud gateways and the storage system, calculates time lengths weighted by the priorities of the each of the cloud gateways and multiplied by file transfer slots for each cloud gateway in a time period, and allocates time slots of the cloud gateways in the time period according to the calculated time lengths; wherein the storage system is configured to conduct the allocation of the data transfer timing to each of the plurality of cloud gateways based on a maximum number of simultaneous sessions.