As apparatus and associated method for a dual active-active array storage
system with a first controller with top level control of a first memory
space and a second controller with top level control of a second memory
space different than the first memory space. A seek manager residing in
only one of the controllers defines individual command profiles derived
from a combined list of data transfer requests from both controllers. A
policy engine continuously collects qualitative information about a
network load to both controllers to dynamically characterize the load,
and governs the seek manager to continuously correlate each command
profile in relation to the load characterization.