Methods and systems for managing quality of service in a networked storage environment

A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions for performing a method, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• divide a quality of service (QOS) parameter for a volume between a first node and a second node based on traffic patterns of the first node and the second node, wherein the QOS parameter is associated with throughput and I/O processing credits;
• selectively process an I/O request using the first node based upon the first node having available throughput and I/O processing credits;
• and
• selectively process the I/O request using the second node based upon the first node lacking adequate available throughput and I/O processing credits and the second node having available throughput and I/O processing credits.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory comprising machine executable code for performing a method;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
• divide a quality of service (QOS) parameter for a volume between a first node and a second node based on traffic patterns of the first node and the second node, wherein the QOS parameter is associated with throughput and I/O processing credits;
• selectively process an I/O request using the first node based upon the first node having available throughput and I/O processing credits;
• and
• selectively process the I/O request using the second node based upon the first node lacking adequate available throughput and I/O processing credits and the second node having available throughput and I/O processing credits.