Thresholding task control blocks for staging and destaging

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PATENT NO 9870323
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15497621

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For thresholding task control blocks (TCBs) for staging and destaging, a first tier of TCBs are reserved for guaranteeing a minimum number of TCBs for staging and destaging for storage ranks. An additional number of requested TCBs are apportioned from a second tier of TCBs to each of the storage ranks based on a scaling factor that is calculated at predefined time intervals. The scaling factor is multiplied by a total number of a plurality of requests from each of the storage ranks for the TCBs from the second tier of TCBs for determining a maximum number of the TCBs to be allocated to each of the storage ranks.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Benhase, Michael T Tucson, US 240 2985
Gupta, Lokesh M Tucson, US 542 3545

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