Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing I/O request

1. A method for processing an Input/Output (I/O) request, comprising:

receiving, at a host, a first I/O request of a first type for a storage device, wherein at least a first path configured for processing I/O requests of the first type and a second path configured for processing I/O requests of a second type exist between the host and the storage device;

selecting, from the first path and the second path, a selected path for processing the first I/O request; and

processing the first I/O request via the selected path,

wherein a workload of the first path exceeds a workload of the second path, and

wherein selecting the selected path comprises:

determining a first average processing performance of historical I/O requests of the first type;

in response to the first average processing performance being inferior to a first target processing performance:

determining whether the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type; and

in response to the second path being allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type, selecting the second path as the selected path for processing the first I/O request.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type comprises:

determining a second average processing performance of historical I/O requests processed via the second path;

in response to the second average processing performance being superior to a second target processing performance, determining that the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type; and

in response to the second average processing performance being inferior to the second target processing performance, determining that the second path is prohibited from processing I/O requests of the first type.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the I/O requests of the first type are read requests and the I/O requests of the second type are write requests.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the I/O requests of the first type are write requests and the I/O requests of the second type are read requests.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the selected path comprises a plurality of queues to process I/O requests for different data types, and

wherein processing the first I/O request via the selected path comprises:

determining a determined data type of the different data types for which the first I/O request is directed;

determining, from the plurality of queues, a determined queue associated with the determined data type of the different data types; and

adding the first I/O request into the determined queue.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining a third average processing performance of historical I/O requests for the determined data type;

in response to the third average processing performance being inferior to third target processing performance, increasing a depth of the determined queue; and

in response to the third average processing performance being superior to fourth target processing performance, decreasing the depth of the determined queue.

7. An apparatus for processing an Input/Output (I/O) request, comprising:

at least one processing unit;

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the apparatus to perform acts comprising:

receiving, at a host, a first I/O request of a first type for a storage device, wherein at least a first path configured for processing I/O requests of the first type and a second path configured for processing I/O requests of a second type exist between the host and the storage device;

selecting, from the first path and the second path, a selected path for processing the first I/O request; and

processing the first I/O request via the selected path,

wherein a workload of the first path exceeds a workload of the second path, and

wherein selecting the selected path comprises:

determining a first average processing performance of historical I/O requests of the first type;

in response to the first average processing performance being inferior to a first target processing performance:

determining whether the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type; and

in response to the second path being allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type, selecting the second path as the selected path for processing the first I/O request.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein determining whether the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type comprises:

determining a second average processing performance of historical I/O requests processed via the second path;

in response to the second average processing performance being superior to a second target processing performance, determining that the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type; and

in response to the second average processing performance being inferior to the second target processing performance, determining that the second path is prohibited from processing I/O requests of the first type.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the I/O requests of the first type are read requests and the I/O requests of the second type are write requests.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the I/O requests of the first type are write requests and the I/O requests of the second type are read requests.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the selected path comprises a plurality of queues to process I/O requests for different data types, and

wherein processing the first I/O request via the selected path comprises:

determining a determined data type for which the first I/O request is directed;

determining, from the plurality of queues, a determined queue associated with the determined data type; and

adding the first I/O request into the determined queue.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a third average processing performance of historical I/O requests for the determined data type;

in response to the third average processing performance being inferior to third target processing performance, increasing a depth of the queue; and

in response to the third average processing performance being superior to fourth target processing performance, decreasing the depth of the determined queue.

13. A computer program product, which is tangibly stored on a non-transient computer storage medium and includes machine-executable instructions, the machine-executable instructions, when executed by a device, causing the device to execute a method, the method comprising:

receiving, at a host, a first I/O request of a first type for a storage device, wherein at least a first path configured for processing I/O requests of the first type and a second path configured for processing I/O requests of a second type exist between the host and the storage device;

selecting, from the first path and the second path, a selected path for processing the first I/O request; and

processing the first I/O request via the selected path,

wherein a workload of the first path exceeds a workload of the second path, and

wherein selecting the selected path comprises:

determining a first average processing performance of historical I/O requests of the first type;

in response to the first average processing performance being inferior to a first target processing performance:

determining whether the second path is allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type; and

in response to the second path being allowed for processing I/O requests of the first type, selecting the second path as the selected path for processing the first I/O request.