Patent attributes
A computer readable storage medium comprising software instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform a method, the method including obtaining a first non-optional Input/Output (I/O) request from an I/O queue, determining that a second non-optional I/O request and an optional I/O request are adjacent to the first non-optional I/O request, generating a new data payload using a first data payload from the first non-optional I/O request, a second data payload for the second non-optional I/O request, and a third data payload corresponding to the optional I/O request, wherein the third data payload is interposed between the first data payload and the second data payload, generating a new non-optional I/O request comprising the new data payload, and issuing the new non-optional I/O request to a storage pool, wherein the new data payload is written to a contiguous storage location in the storage pool.
