Methods and structure for optimizing disk space utilization
US7146463B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and associated structure to improve disk capacity utilization in the context of size coercion and COD space reservation techniques applied in a storage system. One aspect hereof provides that the size coercion computations to reduce (round down) the capacity of one or more disk drives in a storage system are performed prior to reservation of disk space for use in configuration-on-disk (COD) techniques. Performing coercion computations and configuration prior to COD space reservation prevents the COD reservation processing from causing un-necessary waste of physical capacity of the coerced disk drives.
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