Patent ID: 7849129

Claim:
A computerized storage system comprising: a. a network attached storage (NAS) client comprising an agent; and b. a NAS system comprising a NAS head and a storage system, the NAS client being operatively coupled to the NAS head via a networking protocol, the storage system comprising a storage controller and at least one storage device operable to store user data and further operable to be powered up and powered down, the NAS head comprising a window size control module, the window size control module operable to request the agent to store a network window size information at the NAS client when the at least one storage device is being powered on and after a power-on operation of the at least one storage device completes, the window size control module is operable to request the agent to restore the network window size on the NAS client using the network window size information stored by the agent at the NAS client to prevent degradation of the network window size due to a timeout of a network connection between the NAS client and NAS head.