Patent ID: 8612990
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a computing device, comprising: maintaining, by the computing device, queues for a plurality of storage devices and for a plurality of users; receiving, by the computing device and in the queues, operations for a storage device of the plurality of storage devices, from the plurality of users associated with a plurality of priorities; monitoring, by the computing device, usage levels of the storage device for the plurality of users; determining, by the computing device, scores for the plurality of users, receiving, by the computing device, an updated maximum allowed usage level for the particular user, using, by the computing device, the updated maximum allowed usage level to determine a new score for the particular user; selecting, by the computing device and from the queues, one of the received operations based on the new score; and transmitting, by the device, the one of the received operations to the storage device.