Patent ID: 8356099

Claim:
A method for processing transactions between a network file system (nfs) server and nfs clients, said method comprising: assigning a class designation to a workload request at an nfs client; sending said workload request to said nfs server; initiating an nfs workload handler and a resource table at said nfs server in response to receiving said workload request from said nfs client; calculating a relative priority of said workload request from said nfs client among other existing workloads of other nfs clients to provide a prioritized listing of workload requests; allocating nfs resources by said nfs server based on a sum total of all current classes of workload requests at said nfs server, wherein said nfs server processing is modified to accommodate said nfs allocation of resources and said nfs client is made aware of said allocating of nfs resources at said nfs server; including adding said nfs allocation of resources to a resource table at said nfs server, and passing said prioritized listing of said nfs client workload requests down to underlying levels at said nfs server.