Abstract: The invention relates, in one embodiment, to a method in a computer network having a server computer coupled to a client computer for exchanging a message from the client computer to the server computer. The method includes receiving at the server computer a first data portion associated with the message from the client computer. The method further includes allocating a first memory space in a memory of the server computer for buffering the first data portion. If a second data portion associated with the message is received at the server computer from the client computer, the method also includes writing the first memory space to a nonvolatile memory of the server computer, thereby permitting the first memory space to be unallocated, and allocating a second memory space in the memory of the server computer for buffering the second data portion, the second memory space being larger than the first memory space.

Abstract: A system to manage network resources of a network so that network performance is predictable and manageable is disclosed. According to the system, network resource utilization is monitored and then computer systems seeking to transmit or receive data over the network as requested to do so at times that serve to more efficiently utilize the network resources. A method for managing network resources is also disclosed.