Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for automated menu planning for an event via a social network. Aspects include receiving a request for an event from a host via the social network and identifying a plurality of attendees for the event and one or more of a food preference and a food restriction for one or more of the plurality of attendees. Aspects further include determining a menu for the event based on the one or more of the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees, wherein the menu includes a general set of constraints on a type of food that can be served at the event that will meet the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees.

Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for automated menu planning for an event via a social network. Aspects include receiving a request for an event from a host via the social network and identifying a plurality of attendees for the event and one or more of a food preference and a food restriction for one or more of the plurality of attendees. Aspects further include determining a menu for the event based on the one or more of the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees, wherein the menu includes a general set of constraints on a type of food that can be served at the event that will meet the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees.

Abstract: A communication-path management system includes a path-detection component for identifying all communications paths between a host computer, through a controller, to a data storage device. Once identified, the communication paths are incorporated into a logical-path mask. The path-detection component recognizes each path as either preferred or non-preferred based on latency, bandwidth, availability, or other user-defined criteria and divides the logical-path mask into a preferred path subset and a non-preferred path subset. If a valid path exists in the preferred path subset, all communications from the host computer to the data storage device transit paths belonging to this subset. Otherwise, active control is given to the non-preferred path subset. A channel subsystem manages actual communication based on resource allocation and contention using the currently active subset.