Patent ID: 9026694
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for redistributing workload comprising: selecting a first port from which a first workload is to be redistributed; selecting a second port with available capacity to perform additional workload; selecting a device accessible over both the first port and the second port; and setting each of one or more paths including the first port to a passive state for the device, wherein each of said one or more paths having the passive state for said device indicates to a client that sends I/O operations to said device that said each path is not to be used for sending I/O operations to said device and that said each path is available for use in performing control operations directed to said device, wherein a first plurality of devices, including the device, are accessible to the client over the first port, said first plurality of devices being associated with a plurality of quotas, and wherein said first port is overprovisioned having a maximum capacity that is less than a sum of the plurality of quotas.