Fencing of resources allocated to non-cooperative client computers

Techniques are provided for processing an Input/Output (I/O) request. At least one data block is allocated for use in completing the I/O request. A current operations record is stored for the I/O request. It is determined whether the I/O request has been completed within a specified period of time....

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Main Authors Young, Jason Christopher, Jujjuri, Venkateswararao, Naineni, Malahal R, Seeger, James John, Dorwin, Paul A, Clark, Thomas Keith, Palsule, Ninad S
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LanguageEnglish
Published 12.02.2008
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Summary:Techniques are provided for processing an Input/Output (I/O) request. At least one data block is allocated for use in completing the I/O request. A current operations record is stored for the I/O request. It is determined whether the I/O request has been completed within a specified period of time. In response to determining that the I/O request has not been completed within the specified period of time, the allocated at least one data block is fenced.