Title:
BORROWING PHYSICAL VOLUMES IN A STORAGE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004021162
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A plurality of physical volumes are allocated to a first storage pool. A determination is made whether the first storage pool has less than a threshold number of empty physical volumes. If the first storage pool has less than the threshold number of empty physical volumes, then at least one empty physical volume is borrowed to the first storage pool from a second storage pool.
Inventors:
CARLSON WAYNE CHARLES
GIBBLE KEVIN LEE
KISHI GREGORY TAD
NORMAN MARK ALLAN
PEAKE JONATHAN WAYNE
GIBBLE KEVIN LEE
KISHI GREGORY TAD
NORMAN MARK ALLAN
PEAKE JONATHAN WAYNE
Application Number:
PCT/GB2003/003559
Publication Date:
September 23, 2004
Filing Date:
August 14, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM (US)
IBM UK (GB)
IBM UK (GB)
International Classes:
G06F3/06; G06F12/00; G06F12/08; (IPC1-7): G06F3/06
Foreign References:
| US6154817A | 2000-11-28 |
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