oversubscription
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Etymology edit
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oversubscription (countable and uncountable, plural oversubscriptions)
- A subscription for more than is available.
- (programming) A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
- (networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.
- 2018, Jon Tate, Pall Beck, Hector Hugo Ibarra, Introduction to Storage Area Networks, page 171:
- You can overcome the oversubscription of an ISL by adding an ISL between the switches to increase the bandwidth.