Patent ID: 9201598
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating resources of a storage system, comprising: providing a storage system in communication with a remote host computer comprising a storage management program, wherein said storage system comprises a plurality of attached storage devices; sampling an actual read/write performance for each attached storage device; based upon said actual sampling, allocating an attached storage device to a first group of storage devices or to a second group of storage devices; allocating by said storage management application a number of task control blocks for use by the first group of storage devices; allocating by said storage management application PCI address space to said first group of storage devices; determining by said storage management application a third set of task control blocks and PCI address space resources that are generally assignable between storage device groups; restricting by said storage management application use of the first set of task control blocks and first PCI address space resources to the first group of storage devices and use of a second set of task control blocks and PCI address space resources to a second group of storage devices.