Data mover selection system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system;
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• a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide an fabric manager engine that is configured to:
• receive, from each of a plurality of computing devices, respective local data mover selection information that identifies at least one data mover device accessible to that computing device;
• generate, using the respective local data mover selection information received from each of the plurality of computing devices, global data mover selection information that prioritizes data mover devices accessible to the plurality of computing devices for multi-memory-location combinations in the memory system such that, for each multi-memory-location combination, data mover devices with relatively lower multi-memory-location combination data transfer distances are prioritized over data mover devices with relatively higher multi-memory-location combination data transfer distances;
• receive, from a first computing device included in the plurality of computing devices, a first data transfer request that provides for the transfer of data from a first memory location in a memory system to a second memory location in the memory system;
• identify, using the global data mover selection information, a first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation based on the first data mover device having a first lowest multi-memory-location combination data transfer distance relative to other data mover devices included in the global data mover selection information for performing data transfers from the first memory location in the memory system to the second memory location in the memory system;
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• transmit, in response to identifying the first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation, a first data transfer instruction to the first data mover device that is configured to cause the first data mover device to perform the first data transfer operation to transfer data from the first memory location in the memory system to the second memory location in the memory system.

A method for selecting a data mover device comprising:

• receiving, by a fabric manager system from each of a plurality of computing devices, respective local data mover selection information that identifies at least one data mover device accessible to that computing device;
• generating, by the fabric manager system using the respective local data mover selection information received from each of the plurality of computing devices, global data mover selection information that prioritizes data mover devices accessible to the plurality of computing devices for multi-memory-location combinations in the memory system such that, for each multi-memory-location combination, data mover devices with relatively lower multi-memory-location combination data transfer distances are prioritized over data mover devices with relatively higher multi-memory-location combination data transfer distances;
• receiving, by the fabric manager system from a first computing device included in the plurality of computing devices, a first data transfer request that provides for the transfer of data from a first memory location in a memory system to a second memory location in the memory system;
• identifying, by the fabric manager system using the global data mover selection information, a first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation based on the first data mover device having a first lowest multi-memory-location combination data transfer distance relative to other data mover devices included in the global data mover selection information for performing data transfers from the first memory location in the memory system to the second memory location in the memory system;
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• transmitting, by the fabric manager system in response to identifying the first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation, a first data transfer instruction to the first data mover device that is configured to cause the first data mover device to perform the first data transfer operation to transfer data from the first memory location in the memory system to the second memory location in the memory system.