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Systems and methods for temporarily transferring use of portions of partitioned memory between host computers

US8010753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Ofir Zohar · Gdera, IL
Haim Helman · Ramat Gan, IL
Dror Cohen · Even Yehuda, IL
Shemer Schwartz · Herzliya, IL
Kariel Sendler · Bat Hefer, IL
Efri Zeidner · Kfar Sava, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2006
Grant date	Aug 30, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/067
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a storage system, consisting of performing an allocation of respective partitions of a physical storage resource of the storage system to respective hosts of the storage system. The method also includes changing the allocation while permitting the respective hosts of the storage system to access the physical storage resource.

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