Patent ID: 9032016
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of network communication comprising: requesting, by an initiator, a data transfer session comprising a sequence of access and response commands to transfer data between the initiator and a target over a network, the request comprising the communication of at least one network storage command of an Object-based Storage Device (OSD) protocol from the initiator to the target, the or each network storage command being addressed to at least one object ID, wherein required quality of service parameters for the data transfer session are specified in metadata attributes of the network storage command associated with a specified object ID address; receiving, from the target, a response accepting or denying the data transfer session based on whether the required quality of service parameters for the data transfer session can be met by the target; and if the request is accepted, carrying out the steps of: