US Patent 7146439 Management of background copy task for point-in-time copies

Patent 7146439 was granted and assigned to EMC on December, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7146439

Patent Inventor Names

Daniel E. Rabinovich0

Ran Margalit0

Peng Yin0

Stephen R. Ives0

Rong Yu0

Adi Ofer0

Cynthia J. Burns0

Date of Patent

December 5, 2006

Patent Application Number

10607653

Date Filed

June 27, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Fritz Fleming

Patent abstract

A scheduling method and apparatus for use by a processor that controls storage devices of a data storage system is presented. The method allocates processing time between I/O operations and background operations for predetermined time slots based on an indicator of processor workload.