Thermal mitigation using selective I/O throttling

A method to manage a thermal profile of a device, the method comprising:

• monitoring the thermal profile of the device, wherein the device is executing a plurality of input/output operations that utilize storage of the device, the plurality of input/output operations including a first priority input/output operation and a second priority input/output operation;
• determining that the thermal profile of the device exceeds a first thermal threshold,
• decreasing a first bandwidth range for the first input/output operation to less than 100%, and
• decreasing a second bandwidth range for the second input/output operation to less than 100% and the second bandwidth range is greater than the first bandwidth range, wherein the thermal profile is selected from the group consisting of device temperature and audible fan noise;
• processing a storage request of the first priority input/output operation using the first bandwidth range;
• processing a storage request of the second priority input/output operation using the second bandwidth range;
• and
• determining that the thermal profile falls below the first thermal threshold,
• restoring the first and second bandwidth range to previous values.

A device to manage a thermal profile of a device, the device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor though a bus;
• and
• a process executed from the memory by the processor that causes the processor to monitor the thermal profile of the device, wherein the device is executing a plurality of input/output operations that utilize storage of the device, the plurality of input/output operations including a first priority input/output operation and a second priority input/output operation, determine the thermal profile of the device exceeds a first thermal threshold, the processor to decrease a first bandwidth range for the first input/output operation to less than 100%, and decrease a second bandwidth range for the second input/output operation to less than 100% and the second bandwidth range is greater than the first bandwidth range, the processor further to process a storage request of the first priority input/output operation using the first bandwidth range, process a storage request of the second priority input/output operation using the second bandwidth range and determine that the thermal profile falls below the first thermal threshold, the processor further to restore the first and second bandwidth range to previous values, wherein the thermal profile is selected from the group consisting of device temperature and audible fan noise.