Method and system for heuristic throttling for distributed file systems

A computer readable storage medium for throttling in a file system, comprising computer readable code, wherein the code is configured to:

• receive a request by a client from an application to write data to a server, wherein the application is associated with an application bandwidth and wherein the server is associated with a server bandwidth;
• queue a first job to write the data to the server on an I/O queue using an application-to-client throttling mechanism and at least one selected from a group consisting of the application bandwidth and the server bandwidth;
• and
• issue the first job from the I/O queue to the server using a client-to-server throttling mechanism and at least one selected from a group consisting of the application bandwidth and the server bandwidth.

A client, comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device comprising instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions enable the client to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving a request by a client from an application to write data to a server, wherein the application is associated with an application bandwidth and wherein the server is associated with a server bandwidth,
• queuing a first job to write the data to the server on an I/O queue using an application-to-client throttling mechanism and at least one selected from a group consisting of the application bandwidth and the server bandwidth, and
• issuing the first job from the I/O queue to the server using a client-to-server throttling mechanism and at least one selected from a group consisting of the application bandwidth and the server bandwidth.