Partition aware quality of service feature

An apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to:

• receive an indication of data to be stored in a distributed memory grid;
• determine a quality of service policy rule to be applied in relation to storage of the data in the memory grid based on the indication;
• initiate storage of data blocks of the data in the memory grid, the data blocks provided with corresponding partition identifiers that facilitate retrieval of the data by indicating a location of storage of respective ones of the data blocks within the memory grid;
• and
• provide a quality of service token in association with the partition identifier based on the quality of service policy rule.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions for:

• receiving an indication of data to be stored in a distributed memory grid;
• determining a quality of service policy rule to be applied in relation to storage of the data in the memory grid based on the indication;
• initiating storage of data blocks of the data in the memory grid, the data blocks provided with corresponding partition identifiers that facilitate retrieval of the data by indicating a location of storage of respective ones of the data blocks within the memory grid;
• and
• providing a quality of service token in association with the partition identifier based on the quality of service policy rule.