Uneven distributed storage across a mesh fabric storage system

A method comprising:

• providing a file system with control over a plurality of storage devices;
• receiving, at the file system, a first set of availability messages at a first rate from a first storage device, a second set of availability messages at a second rate from a second storage device, and a third set of availability messages at a third rate from a third storage device;
• receiving, at the file system, a plurality of storage operations from one or more devices or applications;
• and
• distributing, by the file system, the plurality of storage operations unevenly across the first, second, and third storage devices based on differences in the first, second, and third rates.

A device comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of processor-executable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the set of processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the set of processor-executable instructions causes the one or more processors to:
• track availability of a plurality of storage devices based on availability messages provided by the plurality of storage devices;
• receive a first set of availability messages at a first rate from a first storage device, and a second set of availability messages at a second rate from a second storage device, wherein the first rate is different than the second rate;
• receive a set of storage operations from one or more devices or applications;
• select between the first storage device and the second storage device to perform different operations of the set of storage operations based on said receiving the first set of availability messages and the second set of availability messages;
• and
• distribute the set of storage operations unevenly across the first and second storage devices based on differences in the first and second rates.

A method comprising:

• tracking availability of a plurality of storage devices based on availability messages provided by the plurality of storage devices;
• receiving a first set of availability messages at a first rate from a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices, and a second set of availability messages at a second rate from a second storage device of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the first rate is different than the second rate;
• receiving a set of storage operations from one or more devices or applications;
• selecting between the first storage device and the second storage device to perform different operations of the set of storage operations based on said receiving the first set of availability messages and the second set of availability messages;
• and
• distributing the set of storage operations unevenly across the first and second storage devices based on differences in the first and second rates.

A device comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive a first set of availability messages from a first storage device at a first rate, and a second set of availability messages from a second storage device at a second rate that is less than the first rate;
• track performance of the first and second storage devices of a plurality of storage devices at a file system based on the first rate and the second rate;
• receive a first availability message from the first storage device and a second availability message from the second storage device contemporaneously with a set of storage operations pending execution;
• select between the first storage device and the second storage device based on said receiving the first and second availability messages and said performance of the first and second storage devices;
• and
• provide a greater number of the set of storage operations from the file system to the first storage device in response to selecting the first storage device;
• and
• distribute a greater load of the set of storage operations from the file system to the first storage device than to the second storage device based on said receiving the first set of availability messages at the first rate, said receiving the second set of availability messages at the second rate that is less than the first rate, and said providing the greater number of the set of storage operations.