Patent ID: 9182917
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a storage system comprising: receiving, by the storage system, a plurality of poll requests for storage system state data; for each poll request of the plurality of poll requests, storing, by the storage system, a poll request arrival time associated with the poll request; initiating, by the storage system, a first poll to collect first storage system state data for a first poll request of the plurality of poll requests; storing, by the storage system, a first poll start time associated with the first poll; completing, by the storage system, the first poll, forming the first storage system state data; and for each poll request of the plurality of poll requests, providing, by the storage system, the first storage system state data for the poll request provided that the poll request arrival time is before the first poll start time.