Managing accesses to storage
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[0017]Described below is a technique for use in managing accesses to storage. In at least one implementation, the technique may be used to help provide, among other things, a method for approximating the number of data drives in a thinly provisioned logical volume (LUN).
[0018]For example, a host side (also referred to as front end) software component on a storage array may use a fairness process to limit the number of requests to a LUN based on the number of physical data drives on the back end that provide backing storage for the LUN. This fairness process helps to prevent any one host initiator from overwhelming the back end of a storage array.
[0019]For a traditional (not thinly provisioned) LUN, the fairness process can rely simply on a mapping to the underlying RAID group for the LUN, which RAID group has a static number of drives.
[0020]By contrast, in an enhancement as described herein, a mapped LUN driver (MLU) presents to a host a virtual volume such as a thinly provisioned LUN
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