Sending data of read requests to a client in a networked client-server architecture

摘要

Read messages are issued by a client for data stored in a storage system of the networked client-server architecture. A client agent mediates between the client and the storage system. The storage system sends to the client agent the requested data by partitioning the returned data into segments for each read request. The storage system sends each segment in a separate network message.

主权项

1. A method for sending data of read requests to a client by a storage system in a computing environment by a processor device, comprising:
issuing the read requests by a client for data stored in the storage system; defining, as a client read session, each sequence of the read requests generated by a single thread of execution in the client to read a specific data segment in the storage system; mediating between the client and the storage system by a client agent; sending to the client agent by the storage system requested data for each of the read requests by partitioning the returned data into a plurality of segments; and sending each one of the plurality of segments in a separate network message, each message associated with a unique sequence identification (ID), wherein read requests are grouped into a specific read sequence.