NetApp, Inc.
Methods for facilitating adaptive quality of service in storage networks and devices thereof

Abstract:

Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that assign a quality of service (QoS) policy to an instantiated storage object. The assigned QoS policy includes a throughput parameter including a number of input/output (I/O) operations per second (IOPS) based on a storage operation block size. Storage operations are executed with the storage object according to the throughput parameter. Metadata is monitored including a size attribute of the storage object. The QoS policy is then automatically modified to adjust the throughput parameter based on the size attribute. This technology configures, manages, and scales performance provided to storage objects based on a monitored used or allocated size of the storage objects. Accordingly, this technology provides more performance for applications as storage object space is increasingly consumed by the applications, thereby improving the functionality and efficiency of storage nodes or controllers that are executing storage operations and managing I/O in storage networks.