Apparatus and method for scheduling and rescheduling incoming requests
CA 2178359 C · Owner: Ozden, Banu · Inventors: Silberschatz, Abraham; Rastogi, Rajeev; Ozden, Banu
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A method for retrieving video data which has been striped across a plurality of, disks using a coarse-grained striping technique. Specifically and in , accordance with an, illustrative embodiment of the present invention the method comprises , scheduling the, retrieval of a video in response to an incoming request and based on the availability of, bandwidth on the disks and then rescheduling the retrieval of that video to occur at an, earlier time, the rescheduling based on a change (i.e. an increase) in the availability of, bandwidth on the disks which results from the retrieval of another video being completed. The scheduling and rescheduling may for example, comprise assigning a …
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