Method and apparatus for dynamic path-selection for improving I/O performance in virtual provisioned storage arrays with data striping

摘要

Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for sending an I/O over a preferred path. The method includes determining a preferred path to an address range of a virtual storage unit striped across a plurality of disks of a data storage system and sending an I/O for data comprising the address range over the preferred path.